allot

See also: a lot, alot, and al·lot

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈlɒt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /əˈlɑt/
• Rhymes: -ɒt
• Homophone: a lot

Etymology 1

From Middle English allotten, from Old French aloter (Modern French allotir). à + lot.

Verb

allot (third-person singular simple present allots, present participle allotting, simple past and past participle allotted)

1. (transitive) To distribute or apportion by (or as if by) lot.
2. (transitive) To assign or designate as a task or for a purpose.

   Each candidate was allotted five minutes to make a presentation in front of the judges.

Derived terms

• allottable
• allottee
• allotter
• allottery
• misallot
• misallotted
• nonallotted
• preallot
• preallotted
• reallot
• unallot
• unallotted

 

Related terms

• allotment

Translations

to distribute

• Czech: podělit pf
• Dutch: verloten (nl)
• Finnish: jakaa (fi), jaella (fi)
• Galician: adxudicar (gl), repartir (gl)
• German: verteilen (de), austeilen (de)
• Portuguese: alocar (pt), repartir (pt)
• Quechua: suyuy
• Romanian: aloca (ro), repartiza (ro), distribui (ro)
• Russian: распределя́ть (ru) impf (raspredeljátʹ), распредели́ть (ru) pf (raspredelítʹ)
• Sanskrit: भजति (sa) (bhajati)
• Slovene: odmeriti
• Spanish: repartir (es)
• Swedish: lotta (sv)

to assign

• Arabic: خَصَّصَ (ḵaṣṣaṣa)
• Catalan: assignar (ca)
• Czech: přidělit pf
• Dutch: verdelen (nl), toekennen (nl)
• Egyptian: (jp)
• Finnish: määrätä (fi), antaa tehtäväksi
• Galician: asignar, adxudicar (gl)
• German: zuteilen (de)
• Polish: przydzielać (pl) impf, przydzielić (pl) pf, asygnować impf (money, literary), wyasygnować pf (money, literary)
• Portuguese: alocar (pt)
• Romanian: aloca (ro)
• Russian: выделя́ть (ru) impf (vydeljátʹ), вы́делить (ru) pf (výdelitʹ), отводи́ть (ru) impf (otvodítʹ), отвести́ (ru) pf (otvestí)
• Slovene: dodeliti
• Spanish: asignar (es)
• Swedish: fördela (sv), tilldela (sv)

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Translations to be checked

• Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} раздавам (bg) (razdavam), ^{(please verify)} предназначавам (bg) (prednaznačavam), ^{(please verify)} разпределям (по жребий) (razpredeljam (po žrebij))

Etymology 2

Adverb

allot (not comparable)

1. Misspelling of a lot.

Noun

allot (uncountable)

1. Misspelling of a lot.

Anagrams

• all to, atoll

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈalloh(t)/

Verb

allot

1. first-person plural imperative of ii