to allot an allowance

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• allowance — 1 *ration, dole, pittance Analogous words: allotment, apportionment, assignment (see corresponding verbs at ALLOT): share (see corresponding verb SHARE): grant, *appropriation, subsidy 2 Allowance, concession both signify a change made by way of… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• allot — allot, assign, apportion, allocate mean to give as one’s share, portion, role, or place. Allot implies more or less arbitrary or haphazard selection and in itself conveys no suggestion of a fair or equal distribution {allotted himself an hour a… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• allot — [ə lät′] vt. allotted, allotting [OFr aloter < a , to + loter < lot, lot, of Gmc orig.: see LOT] 1. to distribute by lot or in arbitrary shares; apportion 2. to give or assign as one s share [each speaker is allotted five minutes] SYN.… …   English World dictionary

• allot — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. appoint, assign; distribute, parcel out. See apportionment. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. apportion, allocate, assign, mete out, distribute, dispense, parcel out, divide up, share, allow, bestow, grant,… …   English dictionary for students

• allowance — n 1. amount, share, allotment, portion; given quantity, quota, ration, rate, stint. 2. grant, fellowship, scholarship, assistantship, stipend. 3. salary, pay, wages, hire, commission, sum, pittance, pin or pocket money; percentage, quarterage,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• fate — Synonyms and related words: Friday, Friday the thirteenth, Heaven, Paradise, Z, a better place, accidentality, act of God, actuarial calculation, adventitiousness, afterlife, afterworld, allocate, allot, allotment, allowance, apodosis, appoint,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• measure — Synonyms and related words: A, Alexandrine, Spenserian stanza, Stabreim, a, accent, accent mark, accentuation, accommodate, accommodation, accomplished fact, accomplishment, accord, achievement, acreage, act, acta, action, ad hoc measure, adapt,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• portion — Synonyms and related words: Friday, Friday the thirteenth, adjunct, administer, allocate, allocation, allot, allotment, allowance, amount, antepast, appanage, appointed lot, apportion, apportionment, assign, assignment, astral influences,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• present — Synonyms and related words: Christmas present, accessible, accommodate, accord, acquaint, actual, adduce, adjacent, administer, advance, affect, afford, affront, aid, aim, aim at, allege, allot, allow, allowance, alms, announce, aorist, array,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• ration — Synonyms and related words: administer, allocate, allot, allotment, allowance, amount, apportion, apportionment, assign, assignment, batch, big end, bigger half, bit, bite, budget, bunch, chunk, clutch, comestibles, commission, commons,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• share — Synonyms and related words: adjunct, allocate, allocation, allot, allotment, allowance, apportion, apportionment, appropriate, appropriation, assign, be affected, be in tune, be inspired, be involved, be moved, be partners in, big end, bigger… …   Moby Thesaurus