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to give out — especially a share of something

She allotted part of the yard for the dogs and part for a garden.

allotted = to give out — especially a share of something

She shared her allotment of rations with those who were weakest.
I wondered if Mama was getting the allotment checks.
Walter Dean Myers -- Fallen Angels

allotment = something given out as a share

The land we lived on was Cherokee land, allotted to my mother because of the Cherokee blood that flowed in her veins.
Wilson Rawls -- Where the Red Fern Grows

allotted = given as her share

Hurstwood laid down his fifteen cents and crept off with weary steps to his allotted room.
Theodore Dreiser -- Sister Carrie
We sincerely hope that the time allotted for the teams [sic] practice was useful and productive for the coaching staff and the players alike.
Warren St. John -- Outcasts United
I saw it as a perfect mosaic, each person playing his or her allotted part.
Agatha Christie -- Murder On The Orient Express
I'll allot half for the lighthouse and the other half for your own business.
Roger Zelazny -- Nine Princes in Amber
Weren't we, as sentient beings, put upon the earth to be happy, in the brief time allotted to us?
Donna Tartt -- The Goldfinch
And yet nobody prolonged his underwater work beyond the time allotted him.
Jules Verne -- Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Happy the parents of so fair a child; Happier the man whom favourable stars Allot thee for his lovely bed-fellow.
William Shakespeare -- The Taming of the Shrew
Cora raised her eyebrows, but didn't argue—they were allotted only one glass each tonight.
Kass Morgan -- The 100
Some such boons as these were the best which Fortune allotted to poor little Amelia.
William Makepeace Thackeray -- Vanity Fair
My granda's allotment's that way.
David Almond -- Clay
A prescribed or allotted task, a share of labor.
Ralph Waldo Emerson -- Selected Essays
Conrad had all the common sense that his children, together, were allotted.
Judith Guest -- Ordinary People
Laila had to pester him, plead with him, in order to spin out the allotted minutes with Aziza a bit longer.
Khaled Hosseini -- A Thousand Splendid Suns
He thinks if we don't impress them they'll cut back on his dealer perk allotment.
Sarah Dessen -- This Lullaby
Although she was expecting a third child in September, she would never eat her morning allotment of bread but passed it through the fence to him.
Corrie ten Boom -- The Hiding Place
Our headmistress allots me thirty conduct marks, and in penance, I am to do her bidding for a week.
Libba Bray -- Sweet Far Thing

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