We will allot a share of the proceeds to charity.
•I allotted a small portion of the work to Fred.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
allot — al‧lot [əˈlɒt ǁ əˈlɑːt] verb allotted PTandPP allotting PRESPART [transitive] to decide officially to give something to someone or to use something for a particular purpose: • Each employee was allotted 100 shares in the company. * * * allot UK… … Financial and business terms
allot — I verb addicere, administer, adsignare, allocate, appoint, apportion, assign, deal, delimit, demarcate, designate, dispense, disperse, dispose, distribuere, distribute, divide, dole, earmark, indicate, measure, mete, mete out, parcel out,… … Law dictionary
allot — al|lot [əˈlɔt US əˈla:t] v past tense and past participle allotted present participle allotting [T] [Date: 1400 1500; : Old French; Origin: aloter, from lot person s share ] to use a particular amount of time for something, or give a particular… … Dictionary of contemporary English
allot — verb allotted, allotting (T) to decide officially to give something to someone or use something for a particular purpose: allot sth to: You may find it useful to allot 20 minutes each day to this task. | allot sb sth: The boys were allotted a… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
allot — UK [əˈlɒt] / US [əˈlɑt] verb [transitive] Word forms allot : present tense I/you/we/they allot he/she/it allots present participle allotting past tense allotted past participle allotted to give someone part of an amount of something that is… … English dictionary
allot — al|lot [ ə lat ] verb transitive to give someone part of an amount of something that is available, or decide that something will be used for a specific purpose: How many students finished the test in the allotted time? … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
allot — [[t]əlɒ̱t[/t]] allots, allotting, allotted VERB: usu passive If something is allotted to someone, it is given to them as their share. [be V ed to n] The seats are allotted to the candidates who have won the most votes... [be V ed n] We were… … English dictionary
allot — verb (allots, allotting, allotted) give or apportion (something) to someone. Derivatives allottee noun Origin C15: from OFr. aloter, from a (from L. ad to ) + loter divide into lots … English new terms dictionary
allot — [əˈlɒt] verb [T] to give someone a share of something, such as time, money, or work … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
hand something out — DISTRIBUTE, hand round, give out/round, pass out/round, share out, dole out, dish out, deal out, mete out, issue, dispense; allocate, allot, apportion, disburse; circulate, disseminate. → hand * * * 1) give a share of something or one of a set of … Useful english dictionary
List of commonly misused English words — This is a list of English words which are commonly misused. It is meant to include only words whose misuse is deprecated by most usage writers, editors, and other professional linguists of Standard English. It is possible that some of the… … Wikipedia
