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Synonyms for allots
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : uh-lot |
| Phonetic Transcription : əˈlɒt |
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Définition of allots
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
- Refuse not any thing he allots you, but embrace it as the best and properest for you.
- Extract from : « Letters on the Improvement of the Mind » by Hester Chapone
- To some He allots heart—and the beating pulse of humanity is theirs.
- Extract from : « Love Stories » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- For this reason he allots to each one his part of the farce; but it would be tedious to describe, for it lasts fully three hours.
- Extract from : « The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. III: Acadia, 1611-1616 » by Various
- Ona has not, but there must surely be some trusty person to whom he allots the care of its furniture.
- Extract from : « The Sword of Damocles » by Anna Katharine Green
- Each year new names were added to his budget, like that of a reigning house which allots pensions to its forgotten servants.
- Extract from : « The Enemies of Women » by Vicente Blasco Ibez
- Order is the distribution which allots things equal and unequal, each to its own place.
- Extract from : « The City of God, Volume II » by Aurelius Augustine
- He allots it to the visitor of the district to which the applicant belongs, for his name and address are on this paper.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Great Fire in St. John, N.B., June 20th, 1877 » by George Stewart
- It provides the site, erects the theatre, and allots a substantial subsidy to its maintenance.
- Extract from : « Shakespeare and the Modern Stage » by Sir Sidney Lee
- He designates the target, and, when practicable, allots a part of the target to each platoon.
- Extract from : « Infantry Drill Regulations, United States Army, 1911 » by United States War Department
- A man can secure an allowance from the government of ten dollars a month to a dependent parent, if he allots five dollars a month.
- Extract from : « Mobilizing Woman-Power » by Harriot Stanton Blatch
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