allot

verb
🔊/əˈlɒt/
🔊/əˈlɑːt/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they allot
🔊/əˈlɒt/
🔊/əˈlɑːt/
he / she / it allots
🔊/əˈlɒts/
🔊/əˈlɑːts/
past simple allotted
🔊/əˈlɒtɪd/
🔊/əˈlɑːtɪd/
past participle allotted
🔊/əˈlɒtɪd/
🔊/əˈlɑːtɪd/
-ing form allotting
🔊/əˈlɒtɪŋ/
🔊/əˈlɑːtɪŋ/
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  1. to give time, money, tasks, etc. to somebody/something as a share of what is available分配,配给(时间、钱财等);分派(任务等)
    • allot something I completed the test within the time allotted.我在限定的时间内完成了测试。🔊🔊
    • allot something to somebody/something How much money has been allotted to us?我们分到了多少拨款?🔊🔊
    • allot somebody/something sth How much money have we been allotted?我们分到了多少拨款?🔊🔊
    synonym allocate
    Word Originlate 15th cent.: from Old French aloter, from a- (from Latin ad ‘to’) + loter ‘divide into lots’.