| Main Entry: | |
| 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 |