Allotted

• Allotted means given as a share of something. Hopefully you will be happy with your allottedshare of candy on Halloween.

  Something that's allotted is distributed, or shared, like your allotted number of pizza slices. It can also mean your share of a job; on family clean-up day, your allotted task could be taking out the garbage. The Germanic word loter, "lot" or "share," is at the root of allotted. A plus loter form the Old French aloter, "to divide into lots." When you're spelling allotted remember to double up the ls and the ts.

  DEFINITIONS OF:allotted

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  adjgiven as a task

  “her allotted chores”

  Synonyms

  assigned

  appointed to a post or duty

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• Republicans have prolonged the Senate debate by rejecting requests to yield back allotted time.
  Reuters Dec 13, 2013
• In the case of Ms. Pillard, the amount of time allotted was 30 hours.
  New York Times Dec 12, 2013
• First, the agency determines whether an upwind state is responsible for at least 1 percent of any downwind state’s allotted amount for a pollutant.
  Slate Dec 9, 2013
• Inside, athletes and coaches sleep in a single room, each manallotted his own bunk.
  Slate Dec 6, 2013