allotting
Dividing among recipients
Allotting is distributing or assigning portions of something among recipients: allotting funds to various departments, allotting time for each speaker.
The word implies deliberate division according to some plan or principle, distinguishing it from random distribution.
Distributing for specific purposes
- apportioningDividing into shares
- designatingFormally identifying or assigning
- distributingApportioning among recipients
- earmarkingAllocating for specific purpose
reserving · delegating · granting · assigning · dispensing · administering · budgeting · setting aside
Placing restrictions upon
- restrictingPlacing limits upon
- conservingProtecting from depletion
- meteringControlled measurement of quantity
- controllingExerting authority over others
regulating · economizing · doling · stretching · managing · moderating · curtailing · husbanding
Dividing into shares
- splittingDividing into parts
- segmentingDividing into portions
- subdividingSplitting into smaller units
- partitioningDividing into sections
sectioning · carving up · breaking down · separating · fractioning · slicing · cutting · sharing
allocating
Distributing for specific purposes
- apportioningDividing into shares
- designatingFormally identifying or assigning
- distributingApportioning among recipients
earmarking · reserving · delegating · granting · assigning · dispensing · administering · budgeting · setting aside · doling out
limiting
Placing restrictions upon
- restrictingPlacing limits upon
- conservingProtecting from depletion
- meteringControlled measurement of quantity
controlling · regulating · economizing · doling · stretching · managing · moderating · curtailing · husbanding · provisioning
portioning
Dividing into shares
- splittingDividing into parts
- segmentingDividing into portions
- subdividingSplitting into smaller units
partitioning · sectioning · carving up · breaking down · separating · fractioning · slicing · cutting · sharing · halving
- distributingdistributing, dispensing, allocating, apportioning, doling out
- dividing updividing, splitting, sharing, portioning, slicing
allottinghoarding
Excessive accumulation of goods
withholding · retaining · keeping · holding back · accumulating
allottingrefusing
Declining to accept
denying · disallowing · rejecting · withholding · declining
allottingscattering
Distribution in many directions