Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Allot

Allot ({not transcribed}) , transitive verb

[Old French aloter, French allotir; a (Latin ad) + lot lot. See Lot.]

1.
To distribute by lot.
2.
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.
Ten years I will allot to the attainment of knowledge. — Johnson