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allots

VERB

assign; give portion

Synonyms

STRONGEST

allocate appoint apportion appropriate assign designate distribute earmark set aside

STRONG

admeasure budget cut share slice

WEAK

cut the pie divvy dole mete shell out split up

Antonyms

STRONGEST

hold keep refuse reject

WEAK

disallow retain withhold

Example Sentences

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I opted for a $100 annual plan that allots me two terabytes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 22, 2026

The Oscars are notorious for running well over the three-and-a-half-hour time period ABC allots for the telecast.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2025

The current Kansas budget allots more than $1 million for problem gambling efforts in response to sports betting.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 4, 2023

"Like, what does that look like? Because each state allots some money so they would get that money, I would assume."

From Salon • Apr. 26, 2022

Each year new names were added to his budget, like that of a reigning house which allots pensions to its forgotten servants.

From The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) by Blasco Ib??ez, Vicente