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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

In an 8-0 vote Tuesday, the Metropolitan King County Council approved budget legislation that allots $1 million to the Seattle International Film Festival, specifically earmarked for the reopening of the Cinerama theater in Belltown.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 15, 2023

The state’s proposed budget allots roughly $22 million for the rate increases.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 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

To those ladies the queen allots apartments, and they live very handsomely and comfortably, though I should think they would have rather lonely times, amid the melancholy grandeur and stillness of that deserted old palace.

From Stories and Legends of Travel and History, for Children by Greenwood, Grace