LOTTING Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

lotting

verb

present participle of lot

as in allotting

to give as a share or portion everyone is lotted opportunities in life, and it's their responsibility to take them

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Inevitably, team evil has cooler powers, like Sindel’s scream and Kung Lao’s hat of doom, but in addition to allotting an inordinate amount of its combat time to Shao Kahn, who’s just a hulking guy with a hammer, the movie’s big visual idea is characters blasting one another with beams.

— Alison Willmore, Vulture, 6 May 2026
The framework proposes allotting $20 million of it to the Rays.

— Nicolas Villamil, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 May 2026

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This funding has helped, but allocating more money to public schools isn’t the only way to make progress.

— Colin Pascal, Baltimore Sun, 8 Oct. 2026
The motion calls for allocating millions of dollars annually to fully fund nine county-run self-help legal centers that assist people navigating the restraining order process.

— Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of allocating

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Deablo wears the green dot for the Falcons’ defense, giving him the responsibility of distributing play calls to his teammates.

— Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 3 Oct. 2026
The rollout included distributing the new shoe across 5,000 doors, twice the average for a Nike basketball signature shoe, Hill explained.

— Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2026

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