allot
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++al·lot /əˈlɒt $ əˈlɑːt/ verb (allotted, allotting) [transitive] GIVEto use a particular amount of time for something, or give a particular share of money, space etc to someone or something 分配；拨出 SYN allocateallot something to something/somebody Try and allot two or three hours a day to revision. 每天设法抽出两三个小时复习。 Each school will be allotted twenty seats. 每个学校将分配到20个座位。allot somebody something Everyone who works for the company has been allotted ten shares. 该公司的每位员工都分到十股股票。 —allotted adjective [only before noun] The department has already spent more than its allotted budget. 这个部门的开支已经超出了分配的预算。→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
allot• Their chances rose or fell depending upon the country to which they had been allotted.• Lincoln felt that McClellan had not allotted an adequate force to the defense of Washington.• Each, regardless of seniority or committee assignment, is allotted eighteen employees.• He has a room allotted in the social sciences department and special arrangements with the university domestic staff.• Susan was alone in the double sleeping-space which had been allotted to Michael and her for the night.• Once the tasks were allotted to the newly-recruited committee members, the meeting then turned its attention to the lawyers.• We will need to use all the clues at hand if we are to find the site in our allotted two dives.allot somebody something• Each speaker was allotted 30 minutes.From Longman Business Dictionaryallotal‧lot /əˈlɒtəˈlɑːt/ verb (past tense and past participle allotted, present participle allotting) [transitive] to decide officially to give something to someone or to use something for a particular purposeEach employee was allotted 100 shares in the company.→ See Verb tableOrigin allot (1400-1500) Old French aloter, from lot “person's share”al·lot verbChineseSyllable
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allot
al‧lot /əˈlɒt $ əˈlɑːt/
verb (past tense and past participle allotted, present participle allotting) [transitive]
SYN allocate
allot something to something/somebody
Try and allot two or three hours a day to revision.
Each school will be allotted twenty seats.
allot somebody something
Everyone who works for the company has been allotted ten shares.
—allotted adjective [only before noun]:
The department has already spent more than its allotted budget.
al‧lot /əˈlɒt $ əˈlɑːt/
verb (past tense and past participle allotted, present participle allotting) [transitive] Date: 1400-1500
Language: Old French
Origin: aloter, from lot 'person's share'
to use a particular amount of time for something, or give a particular share of money, space etc to someone or something Language: Old French
Origin: aloter, from lot 'person's share'
SYN allocate
allot something to something/somebody
allot somebody something
—allotted adjective [only before noun]: