allotted

adjective

al·​lot·​ted ə-ˈlä-təd 

: assigned or distributed as a portion, share, or lot

finished in the allotted time

Silently, all the creatures filed to their allotted places.

—Brian Jacques

The teacher had exhausted his allotted sick leave after weakness in his vocal muscles made it impossible for him to teach.

—Education Week

Examples of allotted in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In a further attempt to get teams to spend more, the union also seeks to reduce the penalties assessed to teams that go beyond their allotted draft dollars. — Dan Freedman, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

They were not shut down because the restaurant solved the issue within the allotted timeframe, Kindling management told the Tribune on Thursday. — Zareen Syed, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026

Church routinely went over the allotted time in his sets (and the allotted volume), and eventually got fired from the tour. — Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 16 July 2026

The key is to separate your spending categories and give an allotted amount of money to each. — Faith Wakefield, USA Today, 15 July 2026

Word History

Etymology

from past participle of allot

First Known Use

1567, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for allotted

• besotted
• boycotted
• carotid
• parotid
• unspotted
• blotted
• clotted
• dotted
• jotted
• knotted
• plotted
• potted