allot

About 0.32 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To distribute or apportion by (or as if by) lot.
2. verb To assign or designate as a task or for a purpose.

   Each candidate was allotted five minutes to make a presentation in front of the judges.

3. verb to intend; reckon
4. adverb Misspelling of a lot.
5. noun Misspelling of a lot.

Similar words

mete out portion dole out distribute deal parcel out assign dispense shell out grant

Often followed by

to the a them more time him it for land

Word family

allots allotted allotter allotters allotting