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Definition: ALLOTTING

Part of Speech Definition
Verb 1. To assign, ascribe, appoint or earmark. [Eve - graph theoretic]
2. To attribute or impute. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. To accredit or authorize. [Eve - graph theoretic]
4. To impart or bestow. [Eve - graph theoretic]
5. To deliver or inject. [Eve - graph theoretic]
6. To distribute or dispense.[Eve - graph theoretic]
7. Present participle conjugation of the verb allot.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(allot)
1. Give out.[Wordnet].
2. Allow to have.[Wordnet].
3. Give out or allot; "We were assigned new uniforms".[Wordnet].
4. Allow to have; "grant a privilege".[Wordnet].
5. Administer or bestow, as in small portions; "administer critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a blow to someone".[Wordnet].
6. To distribute by lot.[Websters].
7. To distribute, or parcel out in parts or portions; or to distribute to each individual concerned; to assign as a share or lot; to set apart as one's share; to bestow on; to grant; to appoint; as, let every man be contented with that which Providence allots him.[Websters].
8. Base verb from the following inflections: allotting, allotted, allots, allotter, allotters, allottingly and allottedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adjective 1. Being discerning or discriminating. [Eve - graph theoretic]
2. Being whacking. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. Being fetching.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008.

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Date "Allotting" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Specialty Definition: ALLOTTING

Domain Definition
Noah Webster [Verb] Distributing by lot giving as portions; assigning.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Wiktionary [Verb] Present participle of allot. (references)

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Specialty Expressions: ALLOTTING

Expressions Domain Definition
Private branch exchange allotting Post & Telecom A method by which calls to a single directory number are distributed to different number-groups in the office. Source: European Union. (references)

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Definition: ALLOTTING

Part of SpeechDefinition
Verb1. To assign, ascribe, appoint or earmark. [Eve - graph theoretic]
2. To attribute or impute. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. To accredit or authorize. [Eve - graph theoretic]
4. To impart or bestow. [Eve - graph theoretic]
5. To deliver or inject. [Eve - graph theoretic]
6. To distribute or dispense.[Eve - graph theoretic]
7. Present participle conjugation of the verb allot.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(allot)
1. Give out.[Wordnet].
2. Allow to have.[Wordnet].
3. Give out or allot; "We were assigned new uniforms".[Wordnet].
4. Allow to have; "grant a privilege".[Wordnet].
5. Administer or bestow, as in small portions; "administer critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a blow to someone".[Wordnet].
6. To distribute by lot.[Websters].
7. To distribute, or parcel out in parts or portions; or to distribute to each individual concerned; to assign as a share or lot; to set apart as one's share; to bestow on; to grant; to appoint; as, let every man be contented with that which Providence allots him.[Websters].
8. Base verb from the following inflections: allotting, allotted, allots, allotter, allotters, allottingly and allottedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adjective1. Being discerning or discriminating. [Eve - graph theoretic]
2. Being whacking. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. Being fetching.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008.

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Date "ALLOTTING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Specialty Definition: ALLOTTING

DomainDefinition
Noah Webster [Verb] Distributing by lot giving as portions; assigning.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Wiktionary[Verb] Present participle of allot. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Expressions: ALLOTTING

ExpressionsDomainDefinition
Private branch exchange allottingPost & TelecomA method by which calls to a single directory number are distributed to different number-groups in the office. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Topics by Level of Interest: allot

Topics sorted by level of InterestLevel (1=low, 600=high)   Topics sorted AlphabeticallyLevel (1=low, 600=high)
Robert Allot9   Allot8
Allot8   Robert Allot9
William Allot2   William Allot2
William Dixon Allot2   William Dixon Allot2

Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).