slice

Main Entry:
slice [slahys]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: piece; share
Synonyms: allotment, allowance, bite, chop, cut, helping, lot, part, piece of pie, portion, quota, segment, sliver, thin piece, triangle, wedge
Antonyms: whole
Main Entry: allocate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: assign; divide among
Synonyms: admeasure, allot, apportion, appropriate, budget, cut, designate, dish out, divvy, earmark, give, mete, set aside, share, slice
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: keep, keep together
Main Entry: allot
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: allotment
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: portion assigned or given
Synonyms: allocation, allowance, apportionment, appropriation, bite, chunk, cut, cut of pie, end, grant, lot, measure, part, piece, piece of the action, quota, rake off, ration, share, slice, split, stint*
Main Entry: allowance
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: amount of money or other supply
Synonyms: aid, alimony, allocation, allotment, annuity, apportionment, bequest, bite*, bounty, commission, contribution, cut, endowment, fee, fellowship, gift, grant, honorarium, inheritance, interest, legacy, lot, measure, part, pay, pension, piece, portion, prize, quantity, quota, ration, recompense, remittance, salary, scholarship, share, slice, stint, stipend, subsidy, taste, wage
Main Entry: apportion
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: divide into shares
Synonyms: accord, admeasure, administer, allocate, allot, assign, bestow, cut, cut up, deal, dispense, distribute, divvy, divvy up, dole out, give, lot, measure, mete, parcel, part, partition, piece up, prorate, ration, slice, split, split up
Antonyms: hold, keep, monopolize, withhold
Main Entry: bit
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: tiny piece
Synonyms: atom, butt, chicken feed, chip, chunk, crumb, dab, dash, division, dollop, dose, dot, driblet, droplet, end, excerpt, flake, fraction, fragment, grain, iota, item, jot, lick*, lump, mite, modicum, moiety, molecule, morsel, niggle, parcel, part, particle, peanuts, pinch, portion, sample, scale, scintilla, scrap, section, segment, shard, share, shaving, shred, slice, sliver, smidgen, snatch, snip, snippet, specimen, speck, splinter, sprinkling, stub, stump, taste, tittle, trace, trickle
Notes: a bit is a single unit of computer information and a byte is a sequence of adjacent bits, usually eight, operated on as a unit by a computer
Antonyms: whole
Main Entry: bite
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: allotment
Synonyms: allowance, cut, lot, part, piece, portion, quota, share, slice
Main Entry: block
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: mass of material
Synonyms: bar, brick, cake, chunk, cube, hunk, ingot, loaf, lump, oblong, piece, section, segment, slab, slice, solid, square
Notes: a bloc is a group of countries in special alliance while a block is an obstruction, an interruption, or a rectangular area or shape
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