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• 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 — 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 — 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

• allot — v.tr. (allotted, allotting) 1 give or apportion to (a person) as a share or task; distribute officially to (they allotted us each a pair of boots; the men were allotted duties). 2 (foll. by to) give or distribute officially to (a sum was allotted …   Useful english dictionary

• assign — [ə sīn′] vt. [ME assignen < OFr assigner < L assignare, mark out, allot < ad , to + signare, SIGN] 1. to set apart or mark for a specific purpose; designate [assign a day for the meeting] 2. to place at some task or duty; appoint [I was… …   English World dictionary

• Early texts of Shakespeare's works — Comparison of the To be, or not to be soliloquy in the first three editions of Hamlet, showing the varying quality of the text in the Bad Quarto, the Good Quarto and the First Folio The earliest texts of William Shakespeare s works were published …   Wikipedia

• assign — assigner; Chiefly Law. assignor /euh suy nawr , as euh nawr /, n. /euh suyn /, v.t. 1. to give or allocate; allot: to assign rooms at a hotel. 2. to give out or announce as a task: to assign homework. 3. to appoint, as to a post or duty: to… …   Universalium

• al|lot´ter — al|lot «uh LOT», transitive verb, lot|ted, lot|ting. 1. to divide and distribute in parts or shares: »The profits from the candy sale have been allotted equally to the Boy Scouts and the Girl Scouts. 2. to give as a share, task, duty, or the… …   Useful english dictionary

• al|lot´ta|ble — al|lot «uh LOT», transitive verb, lot|ted, lot|ting. 1. to divide and distribute in parts or shares: »The profits from the candy sale have been allotted equally to the Boy Scouts and the Girl Scouts. 2. to give as a share, task, duty, or the… …   Useful english dictionary

• al|lot — «uh LOT», transitive verb, lot|ted, lot|ting. 1. to divide and distribute in parts or shares: »The profits from the candy sale have been allotted equally to the Boy Scouts and the Girl Scouts. 2. to give as a share, task, duty, or the like;… …   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