allotted

verb

Definition of allottednext
past tense of allot
as in allocated
to give as a share or portion each speaker was allotted five minutes to present his or her opinion in the debate

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Recent Examples of allotted The Pirates, Meyer said, do not spend all the money they are allotted to sign draft picks. — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026 The research and design process for the makeup was allotted 18 months prior to principal photography, so Dunckley had the opportunity to get the execution down to a science. — Kirbie Johnson, Allure, 23 Oct. 2026 According to the event agenda, organizers set aside 40 minutes for public comment, with each speaker allotted two to three minutes. — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026 Aldridge was only allotted 15 minutes with the famous singer, and was inspired by old photo booth pictures of Warhol. — Mary Wenthur, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2026 Edmonton has allotted $37 million to its top three players, which ranks second in hockey. — Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 29 Sep. 2026 Time is allotted to various family members, but none of them are fleshed out beyond a single character trait. — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 23 Sep. 2026 The change in 2025 increased by $100 million the amount allotted to productions every two years. — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2026 Congress has set the current annual cap for new H-1B visas at 65,000, though an additional 20,000 is allotted for those with advanced degrees. — Chad De Guzman, Time, 11 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for allotted
  1. allocated
  2. assigned
  3. distributed
Verb
  • Seventy-one percent of the water diverted from the lake’s basin is allocated to agriculture.
    — Silvia Console Battilana, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Keys to success Two key issues at the conference involve guaranteeing that Indigenous peoples and local communities have a say in decisions on their territory, including how conservation programs are designed and how resources are allocated.
    — David Ginsburg, The Conversation, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of allocated
Verb
  • In previous election cycles, state officials in the states where monitors were assigned were notified at the same time as the counties.
    — Miles Parks, NPR, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Advertisement The docuseries marks the first time the Loofe clan is sharing their side of the story, along with Nebraska investigators and an FBI agent assigned to the case.
    — Samantha Bergeson, Time, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of assigned
Verb
  • Investigators said at the time that more than 25 songs had been played or distributed online without permission from Eminem or the group that owns his music, Capitol Labels Group.
    — Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The numbers were distributed evenly across the incoming beam, and whether the photon passed the polarizer depended on its number and the polarizer’s angle.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026
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“Allotted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/allotted. Accessed 25 Oct. 2026.

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