Associations to the word «Allot»

Wiktionary

ALLOT, verb. (transitive) To distribute or apportion by (or as if by) lot.
ALLOT, verb. (transitive) To assign or designate as a task or for a purpose.

Dictionary definition

ALLOT, verb. Give out; "We were assigned new uniforms".
ALLOT, verb. Allow to have; "grant a privilege".
ALLOT, verb. 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"; "the machine dispenses soft drinks".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats