al ‧ lot /əˈlɒt $ əˈlɑːt/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle allotted , present participle allotting ) [transitive]
[ Date: 1400-1500 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: aloter , from lot 'person's share' ]
to use a particular amount of time for something, or give a particular share of money, space etc to someone or something SYN allocate
allot something to something/somebody
Try and allot two or three hours a day to revision.
Each school will be allotted twenty seats.
allot somebody something
Everyone who works for the company has been allotted ten shares.
—allotted adjective [only before noun] :
The department has already spent more than its allotted budget.