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al⋅lot

  [uh-lot]
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–verb (used with object), -lot⋅ted, -lot⋅ting.
1. to divide or distribute by share or portion; distribute or parcel out; apportion: to allot the available farmland among the settlers.
2. to appropriate for a special purpose: to allot money for a park.
3. to assign as a portion; set apart; dedicate.
Origin:
1425–75; earlier alot, late ME alotten < MF aloter, equiv. to a- a- 5 + lot lot (< Gmc) + -er inf. suffix

Related forms:
al⋅lot⋅ta⋅ble, adjective
al⋅lot⋅ter, noun

Synonyms:
1. See assign.
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al·lot   (ə-lŏt')   
tr.v.   al·lot·ted, al·lot·ting, al·lots
  1. To parcel out; distribute or apportion: allotting land to homesteaders; allot blame.
  2. To assign as a portion; allocate: allotted 20 minutes to each speaker.

[Middle English alotten, from Old French aloter : a-, to (from Latin ad-; see ad-) + lot, portion (of Germanic origin).]
al·lot'ter n.
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Allot

Al*lot"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Allotted; p. pr. & vb. n. Allotting.] [OF. aloter, F. allotir; a (L. ad) + lot lot. See Lot.]

1. To distribute by lot.

2. To distribute, or parcel out in parts or portions; or to distribute to each individual concerned; to assign as a share or lot; to set apart as one's share; to bestow on; to grant; to appoint; as, let every man be contented with that which Providence allots him.

Ten years I will allot to the attainment of knowledge. --Johnson.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : allot
Spanish: distribuir, repartir,
German: zuteilen,
Japanese: 分配する
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allot 
1474, from O.Fr. aloter "to divide by lots, to divide into lots," from à "to" + loter "lot," a word of Gmc. origin (cf. Goth. hlauts, O.H.G. hloz, O.E. hlot; see lot).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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