different between dose vs allotment
dose
English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Middle French dose, from Late Latin dosis, from Ancient Greek ????? (dósis, “a portion prescribed”, literally “a giving”), used by Galen and other Greek physicians to mean an amount of medicine, from ?????? (díd?mi, “to give”). Doublet of doos.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d??s/
- (US) IPA(key): /do?s/
- Rhymes: -??s
Noun
dose (plural doses)
- A measured portion of medicine taken at any one time.
- The quantity of an agent (not always active) substance or radiation administered at any one time.
- (figuratively, dated) Anything disagreeable that must be taken.
- (figuratively, dated) A good measure or lengthy experience of something.
- A venereal infection.
- 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 382:
- It would be very expensive to cure a dose here, as well as unbelievably painful.
- 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 382:
Related terms
- dosage
Translations
Verb
dose (third-person singular simple present doses, present participle dosing, simple past and past participle dosed)
- (transitive) To administer a dose to.
- To prescribe a dose.
- To transmit a venereal disease.
- 1977, The White Buffalo, Wild Bill Hickok:
- Sometime back, one of your scarlet sisters dosed me proper.
- 1977, The White Buffalo, Wild Bill Hickok:
Translations
Etymology 2
Noun
dose (plural doses)
- Archaic form of doze.
- 1839, Benjamin Abbott, Experience and Gospel Labors of the Rev. Benjamin Abbott
- Just at the dawning of the day, I fell into a dose more like sleep than any I had during the whole night, in which I dreamed that I saw a river as clear as crystal […]
- 1839, Benjamin Abbott, Experience and Gospel Labors of the Rev. Benjamin Abbott
Verb
dose (third-person singular simple present doses, present participle dosing, simple past and past participle dosed)
- Archaic form of doze.
Anagrams
- Does, SOED, deos, deso, does, odes
Afrikaans
Noun
dose
- plural of doos
Cebuano
Etymology
From Spanish doce, from Old Spanish doze, dodze, from Latin duodecim.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: do?se
Numeral
dose
- twelve
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:dose.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /doz/
Etymology 1
From Latin dosis, from Ancient Greek ????? (dósis). Doublet of dot.
Noun
dose f (plural doses)
- proportion
- dose
Derived terms
- dose de cheval
- en avoir sa dose
Related terms
- doser
Descendants
- ? Turkish: doz
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
dose
- first-person singular present indicative of doser
- third-person singular present indicative of doser
- first-person singular present subjunctive of doser
- third-person singular present subjunctive of doser
- second-person singular imperative of doser
Further reading
- “dose” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Noun
dose f (plural dosi)
- dose
- quantity, amount, measure
- deal (great-good) (gran dose-buona dose)
Derived terms
- dosare
Anagrams
- sedo, sedò, sode
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ????? (dósis)
Noun
dose m (definite singular dosen, indefinite plural doser, definite plural dosene)
- a dose, dosage
References
- “dose” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “dose_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ????? (dósis)
Noun
dose m (definite singular dosen, indefinite plural dosar, definite plural dosane)
- a dose, dosage
References
- “dose” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Pali
Alternative forms
Noun
dose
- locative singular of dosa
- accusative plural of dosa
Portuguese
Noun
dose f (plural doses)
- dose (measured portion of medicine)
- (Portugal) portion (of a meal / food)
- Synonym: porção
- (informal) fix (a single dose of an addictive drug)
Further reading
- “dose” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish doce
Numeral
dose
- twelve
- Synonym: labindalawa
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allotment
English
Etymology
From Old French alotement (modern French allotement).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /??l?t.m?nt/
Noun
allotment (countable and uncountable, plural allotments)
- The act of allotting.
- 2007, Ruth Chambers, Kay Mohanna, David Wall, How to Succeed as a Leader
- You will achieve more in designated sessions of quiet uninterrupted periods than in a longer allotment of time broken up by various activities.
- 1873, Henry Sumner Maine, The early history of the property of married women
- The allotment of particular names to special ideas which gradually disengage themselves from a general idea is apparently determined by accident.
- 2007, Ruth Chambers, Kay Mohanna, David Wall, How to Succeed as a Leader
- Something allotted; a share, part, or portion granted or distributed
- 1906, Thomas William Shore, Origin of the Anglo-Saxon Race Chapter 9
- Similar customs prevailed in a part of Friesland, the most notable of which was the ‘Jus Theelacticum,’ or custom of the Theel lands, doles, or allottable lands in East Friesland, not far from the mouth of the Ems. There an inherited allotment was indivisible; on the death of the father it passed intact to the youngest son, and on his death without issue it fell into the possession of the whole community
- 1906, Thomas William Shore, Origin of the Anglo-Saxon Race Chapter 9
- (law) The allowance of a specific amount of money or other credit of a particular thing to a particular person.
- 2013, Maxine Holsinger, The Life of Maxine Holsinger
- Maynard used to help before he got sick, but there was no income except what I brought in my allotment.
- 2013, Maxine Holsinger, The Life of Maxine Holsinger
- (Britain) A plot of land rented from the council for growing fruit and vegetables.
- 2015, Cathy Bramley, Ivy Lane
- The fallout of this unexpected turn of events was that it was Saturday morning, the first day of the Easter holidays, before the thought of my allotment even entered my head. Goodness only knew how big my carrots were going to be by the time I got round there!
- 2015, Cathy Bramley, Ivy Lane
Translations
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