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Grammar : Verb |
Spell : uh-lot |
Phonetic Transcription : əˈlɒt |
Definition of allotted
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
- To Billy Brue was allotted the easiest as being the most probable route.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- But she had allotted their rooms well, and they approved her judgment.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- Uneasily, he had remained in the library until the allotted time was elapsed.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- It was very late, and they had over-passed the allotted time for coasting.
- Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri
- The Viceroy, constrained to enlarge him, allotted the town for his place of confinement.
- Extract from : « The History of Louisiana » by Le Page Du Pratz
- The part of a boy—a boy who, in manhood, was a drunkard—was allotted to me.
- Extract from : « Adventures and Recollections » by Bill o'th' Hoylus End
- For it is to Muslim wives that the housetops in Barbary are allotted.
- Extract from : « The Sea-Hawk » by Raphael Sabatini
- One chamber was allotted to the entire party and their single nurse.
- Extract from : « Two Penniless Princesses » by Charlotte M. Yonge
- To each family is allotted a house so long as they are employed on the place.
- Extract from : « The Negro Farmer » by Carl Kelsey
- She occupied that which had been allotted to a kitchen-maid, one of the deserters.
- Extract from : « The Island Mystery » by George A. Birmingham
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