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1. Give out
   "We were allotted new uniforms";
   - assign, portion
    
2. Let have; give the right to; give the opportunity or permission to
   "Mandela was allotted few visitors in prison";
   - allow, grant, accord
    
3. Give or provide in small portions
   "allot critical remarks to everyone present";
   - distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, dole out, mete, dole

Sounds like: a lot

Derived forms: allotting, allotted, allots

Type of: give

Encyclopedia: Allot