TO ALLOT

  

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TO ALLOT

Definition: ALLOT

ALLOT

Verb

1. Give out; "We were assigned new uniforms".

2. Allow to have; "grant a privilege".

3. Administer or bestow, as in small portions; "administer critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a blow to someone".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Specialty Definition: TO ALLOT

DomainDefinition

Finance

In connection with an issue:to distribute shares, debentures, etc. among the applicants. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: TO ALLOT

English words defined with "TO ALLOT": allocatordistributorJudge-Advocate GeneralQuartterTo set out. (references)
Specialty definitions using "TO ALLOT": naval gunfire operations centre. (references)

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Non-Fiction Usage: TO ALLOT

SubjectTopicQuote

Civil Liberties

India

Mizoram human rights groups estimate that some 41,000 Reangs, a tribal group from Mizoram that has been displaced due to a sectarian conflict, presently are being sheltered in 6 camps in North Tripura; conditions in such camps are poor and the Tripura government has asked the central Government to allot funds for their care. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Expression: TO ALLOT

Expression using "TO ALLOT": to allot shares. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: TO ALLOT

Language Translations for "TO ALLOT"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

fordele (distribute). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

toewijzen (allocation, reserve). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

jakaa osakkeita (to allot shares). (various references)

   

French

  

attribuer. (various references)

   

German

  

zuteilen (allocate, allot, apportion, assign, deal, detail, distribute, portion, ration, ration out, to apportion). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κατανέμω (allocate, allot, apportion, ration). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

kioszt (allocate, allot, deal out, dispense, give out, hand out, issue, to allocate, to assign, to deal out, to dispense, to distribute, to give out, to issue, to pass out, to portion out, to proportion, to section out, to share out, to zonk it to sy), juttat (allocate, apportion, impart, to allocate, to apportion, to commend, to furnish, to impart, to pauperize, to throw up). (various references)

   

Italian

  

assegnare (adjudge, allocate, allot, allow, assign, award, distribute, endow, instruct, mean, post, set). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

振り"てる (to assign), 割"てる (to assign, to distribute, to divide among, to prorate), 割付る (to assign, to distribute, to divide among, to lay out), 割付ける (to assign, to distribute, to divide among, to lay out), 割り振る (to assess, to assign, to distribute, to divide among, to prorate), 割り"てる (to assign, to distribute, to divide among, to prorate), 割りつける (to assign, to distribute, to divide among, to lay out), 割り付ける (to assign, to distribute, to divide among, to lay out), 宛てがう (to fasten to, to supply with). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ふりあてる (to assign), わりふる (to assess, to assign, to distribute, to divide among, to prorate), わりつける (to assign, to distribute, to divide among, to lay out), わりあてる (to assign, to distribute, to divide among, to prorate), あてがう (to fasten to, to supply with). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

otay allotay

   

Portuguese

  

atribuir (accredit, allot, ascribe, assign, attach, attribute, impute, put, put on, refer). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

asignar (allocate, allot, allow, apportion, appropriate, assign, detail, earmark, instruct, mete, settle, upgrade), adjudicar (adjudge, allocate, apportion, assign, award, detail). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

använda medel som mottagits såsom gåva (to allot funds received as gifts). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: TO ALLOT

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-l-l-o-o-t-t"

-2 letters: allot, atoll, lotto, total.

-3 letters: alto, loot, lota, olla, otto, tall, tola, toll, tool, toot.

-4 letters: all, alt, att, lat, loo, lot, oat, oot, tao, tat, too, tot.

-5 letters: al, at, la, lo, ta, to.

 Words containing the letters "a-l-l-o-o-t-t"
 

+2 letters: tomatillo.

 

+3 letters: tomatillos.

 

+4 letters: toploftical.

 

+5 letters: polytonality, tautological, trifoliolate, wollastonite, yellowthroat.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Quotations: Non-fiction
4. Expressions
5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Bibliography


  

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