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Allot

To distribute by lot.

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Broader term 6

Administer 76% connected

To manage or conduct, as public affairs; to direct or superintend the execution, application, or conduct of; as, to administer the government or the…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Deal 76% connected

A part or portion; a share; hence, an indefinite quantity, degree, or extent, degree, or extent; as, a deal of time and trouble; a deal of cold.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Dispense 76% connected

To deal out in portions; to distribute; to give; as, the steward dispenses provisions according directions; Nature dispenses her bounties; to dispens…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Distribute 76% connected

To divide among several or many; to deal out; to apportion; to allot.

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Give 76% connected

To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up o…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Lot 76% connected

That which happens without human design or forethought; chance; accident; hazard; fortune; fate.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manner of action 12

Allocate 76% connected

To distribute or assign; to allot.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Allow 76% connected

To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction.

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Apply 76% connected

To lay or place; to put or adjust (one thing to another); -- with to; as, to apply the hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a diseased part of…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Apportion 76% connected

To divide and assign in just proportion; to divide and distribute proportionally; to portion out; to allot; as, to apportion undivided rights; to app…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Appropriate 76% connected

Set apart for a particular use or person. Hence: Belonging peculiarly; peculiar; suitable; fit; proper.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Assign 76% connected

To appoint; to allot; to apportion; to make over.

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Deal 76% connected

A part or portion; a share; hence, an indefinite quantity, degree, or extent, degree, or extent; as, a deal of time and trouble; a deal of cold.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Earmark 76% connected

A mark on the ear of sheep, oxen, dogs, etc., as by cropping or slitting.

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Enfranchise 76% connected

To set free; to liberate from slavery, prison, or any binding power.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Give 76% connected

To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up o…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Portion 76% connected

That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.

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Reserve 76% connected

To keep back; to retain; not to deliver, make over, or disclose.

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Derivationally related 2

Synonym 9

Accord 92% connected

Agreement or concurrence of opinion, will, or action; harmony of mind; consent; assent.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Administer 92% connected

To manage or conduct, as public affairs; to direct or superintend the execution, application, or conduct of; as, to administer the government or the…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Assign 92% connected

To appoint; to allot; to apportion; to make over.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Deal 92% connected

A part or portion; a share; hence, an indefinite quantity, degree, or extent, degree, or extent; as, a deal of time and trouble; a deal of cold.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Dispense 92% connected

To deal out in portions; to distribute; to give; as, the steward dispenses provisions according directions; Nature dispenses her bounties; to dispens…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Distribute 92% connected

To divide among several or many; to deal out; to apportion; to allot.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Grant 92% connected

To give over; to make conveyance of; to give the possession or title of; to convey; -- usually in answer to petition.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Lot 92% connected

That which happens without human design or forethought; chance; accident; hazard; fortune; fate.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Portion 92% connected

That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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