allotted; allotting
1
: to assign as a share or portion
allot 10 minutes for the speech
2
: to distribute by or as if by lot
allot seats to the press
allotter
noun
Examples of allot in a Sentence
Each speaker will be allotted 15 minutes.
The newspaper will allot a full page to each of the three mayoral candidates.
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An eye poke late in the third round paused the contest for the full five minutes Cejudo was allotted to recover from the foul.
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Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
The exceptions were Kentucky and Vermont, which received around 3 percent of the seats in the House, and Maine, which had about 4 percent of the total after Congress allotted the new state seven of Massachusetts's previous 20 seats.
—Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 26 Feb. 2025
The Armed Services Committee could propose $150 billion in new spending, while the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee would be allotted $20 billion and the Environment and Public Works Committee $1 billion.
—Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 13 Feb. 2025
And the court unanimously ruled that Nixon had no authority to spend less than Congress had allotted.
—Emily Bazelon, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025
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Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
The exceptions were Kentucky and Vermont, which received around 3 percent of the seats in the House, and Maine, which had about 4 percent of the total after Congress allotted the new state seven of Massachusetts's previous 20 seats.
—Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 26 Feb. 2025
The Armed Services Committee could propose $150 billion in new spending, while the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee would be allotted $20 billion and the Environment and Public Works Committee $1 billion.
—Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 13 Feb. 2025
And the court unanimously ruled that Nixon had no authority to spend less than Congress had allotted.
—Emily Bazelon, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025
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“Allot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/allot. Accessed 16 Mar. 2025.
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allot
verb
al·lot
ə-ˈlät 
allotted; allotting
: to assign as a share or portion
allot 10 minutes for the speech
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