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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
allot .
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Examples
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The program allots an additional six cents per school lunch -- the first real increase in 30 years.
Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff: School Lunches Get Healthier, But Pizza Is Still a Vegetable Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff 2012
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The act allots $507 billion for projects intended to create 3.5 million jobs and contains $282 billion in tax changes designed to stimulate the overall economy.
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Article ii, Section 2, Paragraph 2, Clause 1 of the US constitution allots to the President the exclusive jurisdiction to contract treaties.
The Conflicted Relationship between Lawyers and “Indians” : Law is Cool 2009
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The program allots an additional six cents per school lunch -- the first real increase in 30 years.
Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff: School Lunches Get Healthier, But Pizza Is Still a Vegetable Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff 2012
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Reportedly the settlement also allots $2-$3 billion to the states for housing counseling, legal aid, and victim's assistance.
Janis Bowdler: Attorneys General: It's Time to Close the Deal Janis Bowdler 2012
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With an eye toward similar breakthroughs, the stimulus allots $400 million to the Department of Energy for just such an agency.
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The last nine years of Roosevelt's administration warrant more than the four sentences Ms. Denton allots.
In Brief: American History W. Barksdale Maynard 2012
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Established under the Helms-Burton Act, a 1996 law meant to strengthen the embargo against Cuba, it broadly allots $20 million annually for "pro-democracy" efforts on the island and has long been seen as anathema by the Cuban government.
No Détente in U.S.-Cuban Relations Nicholas Casey 2012
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In fact, as the agency's budget figures show, the proposal would decrease HHS's discretionary funding -- the portion Congress allots each year -- by $72 million, or 0.9 percent, from fiscal 2010.
Budget 2012: Health and Human Services Amy Goldstein 2011
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The program allots an additional six cents per school lunch -- the first real increase in 30 years.
Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff: School Lunches Get Healthier, But Pizza Is Still a Vegetable Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff 2012
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