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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assign; give portion |
| Synonyms: | admeasure, allocate, appoint, apportion, appropriate, assign, budget, cut, cut the pie, designate, distribute, divvy, dole, earmark, mete, set aside, share, shell out, slice, split up |
| Notes: | to allocate something is to set it aside for a specific purpose; to allot something is to give it with an implied restriction and an understanding of sharing |
| Antonyms: | disallow, keep, retain, withhold |
| Main Entry: | divvy up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | divide |
| Synonyms: | allocate, apportion, cut, cut up the pie, dole out, go halves, measure out, mete out, share, split |
| Main Entry: | share |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | use in common with others |
| Synonyms: | accord, administer, allot, apportion, assign, be a party to, bestow, cut the pie, deal, dispense, distribute, divide, divide with, divvy, divvy up, dole out, experience, give and take, give out, go Dutch, go fifty-fifty, go halves, go in with, have a hand in, have a portion of, mete out, parcel out, part, partake, participate, partition, pay half, piece up, prorate, quota, ration, receive, shift, slice, slice up, split, split up, take a part of, yield |
| Antonyms: | be selfish, hold, keep |
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