Antonyms for allot

Grammar : Verb

Spell : uh-lot

Phonetic Transcription : əˈlɒt

Definition of allot

Origin : late 15c., from Old French aloter (Modern French allotir) "to divide by lots, to divide into lots," from à "to" (see ad-) + loter "lot," a word of Germanic origin (cf. Gothic hlauts, Old High German hloz, Old English hlot; see lot). Related: Allotted; allotting.

verb assign; give portion

Example sentences :

Of those fifteen hundred, it is proposed to allot three hundred to each of us.
Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman

He did not allot to it more than twenty lines out of a full column.
Extract from : « Under Western Eyes » by Joseph Conrad

And are you content that I should allot you a position in the wall?
Extract from : « The Irish Penny Journal, No. 2, Vol. I, July 11, 1840 » by Various

May the Most High ever allot to thee and to me tidings as joyful!
Extract from : « The Bbur-nma in English » by Babur, Emperor of Hindustan

I feel that mine will never change, whatever fortune may allot me.
Extract from : « The Battle of The Press » by Theophila Carlile Campbell

To allot God a secondary place in life was, to me, inconceivable.
Extract from : « Autobiography of a YOGI » by Paramhansa Yogananda

He will look up his list, and allot you the state-room you paid for.
Extract from : « Lord Stranleigh Abroad » by Robert Barr

Yet I found it hard to allot her the place suggested by this theory.
Extract from : « One of My Sons » by Anna Katharine Green

They were entitled to such house-boot as the steward might be pleased to allot.
Extract from : « Bygone Cumberland and Westmorland » by Daniel Scott

Were Virgil to write now, and you had to allot him his theme, what would it be?
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 354, April 1845 » by Various

Synonyms for allot

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