allot

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb give out
  2. verb allow to have
  3. verb administer or bestow, as in small portions

Etymology

From Middle English allotten, from Old French aloter (Modern French allotir). à + lot. By surface analysis, al- + lot.

In classic literature

Synonyms

assign, portion

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