allotting meaning
allot meaning, definition, what is allot: to give something, especially a share of something available, for a particular purpose: . Learn more. (Definition of “allot” from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Everyone in the program would leave with some allowance, a tax-free monthly allotment. the act of allotting. a portion or thing allotted; a share granted. (in U.S. military use) the portion of pay that an officer or enlisted person authorizes to be paid directly to another person, as a dependent, or an institution, as an insurance company. British. a plot of land rented to a gardener. allotment. 1  the act of allotting. 2  a portion or thing allotted; a share granted. ( 3 in U.S. military use) the portion of pay that an officer or enlisted person authorizes to be paid directly to another person, as a dependent, or an institution, as an insurance company. 4  British. a plot of land rented to a gardener. the act of allotting. 2. a portion or thing allotted; a share granted. 3. (in U.S. military use) the portion of pay that an officer or enlisted person authorizes to be paid directly to another person, as a dependent, or an institution, as an insurance company. 4. British. a plot of land rented to a gardener. (Definition of “allot” from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) 1570s, action of allotting, from Middle French allotement, from Old French aloter (see allot). Or else a native formation from allot + -ment. Meaning portion assigned to someone or some purpose is from 1670s. (Definition of “allot” from the Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) allot in American English See all translations Having his own allotment of land, he was in a much larger sense a human being. Socialism John Spargo The allotment of Rabirius Faustus is the only one known entirely. Pagan and Christian Rome Rodolfo Lanciani But is the allotment correct and the reward proportioned by his efforts? The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice Stephen Leacock The goal is not any kind of division of income or allotment of property.
Allot means to give something.