Synonyms for

Allot

Verb / ʌˈlɑ:t / Another word for allot — explore alternatives below. For syllable breakdowns and pronunciation, see this word on Syllablesworld.

Definition

to give out or divide something for a particular purpose or to a particular person

Synonyms & similar words

dealout portion deal assign shellout doleout distribute lot parcelout dishout accord dispense administer meteout grant assign allocate apportion distribute dispense divide share portion ration issue grant bestow confer award

Example sentences

  1. The teacher will allot different tasks to each group.
  2. The company will allot a budget for the project.
  3. The coach will allot playing time to each team member.
  4. The committee will allot funds to various projects.
  5. The government will allot resources to the disaster-stricken areas.

Quotes

  • We must use time creatively, in the knowledge that the time is always ripe to do right. Now is the time to make real the promise of democracy and transform our pending national elegy into a creative psalm of brotherhood. Now is the time to lift our national policy from the quicksand of racial injustice to the solid rock of human dignity. - Martin Luther King, Jr.
  • The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of sixty minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is. - C.S. Lewis
  • Time is what we want most, but what we use worst. - William Penn

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