Literary notes about Allot (AI summary)
In literature, "allot" is employed both in its literal sense of distributing or assigning portions and in more nuanced, metaphorical ways. Authors use it to denote the careful division of tangible things—such as shares, money, tasks, or land ([1], [2], [3], [4])—while also invoking it to illustrate the fated or predetermined distribution of roles, fortunes, or even destiny itself ([5], [6], [7]). Additionally, the word appears as a signifier of historical publishing practices, where it denotes the name of printers responsible for early editions of renowned works ([8], [9], [10]). This multifaceted usage underscores "allot" as a term that not only communicates the mechanics of allocation but also enriches a narrative with implications of order, destiny, and authority.
- Madeira was turning from the man on the curb: "All right, I'll allot you one thousand shares, eh?
— from Sally of Missouri by Rose E. (Rose Emmet) Young - If the trustees are satisfied they allot money for expenses out of the exploration fund, so that nobody may be stopped because he is poor.’
— from The Disentanglers by Andrew Lang - —Began to get things into order and to allot each person her task.
— from My War Experiences in Two Continents by S. (Sarah) Macnaughtan - If I get possession in the next two years, and you allot me the grazing rights to that area, I'll pay you the balance.
— from David Lannarck, MidgetAn Adventure Story by George S. Harney - Happy the parents of so fair a child; Happier the man whom favourable stars Allot thee for his lovely bedfellow.
— from The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare - Standing lingering by the mirror, her thoughts fell on love, and she wondered—as maidens will—whom fortune would allot for her husband.
— from Tales from Spenser, Chosen from the Faerie Queene by Sophia H. MacLehose - How much time she might, in her own fancy, allot for its dominion, is another concern.
— from Mansfield Park by Jane Austen - The first was published at London by R. Allot in 1633.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys - In 1632 Allot brought out the Second Folio of Shakespeare’s works.
— from The Devil is an Ass by Ben Jonson - Printed by I. B. for Robert Allot , and are to be ſold at the ſigne of the Beare , in Pauls Church-yard.
— from The Devil is an Ass by Ben Jonson