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alliance : association, partnership, affiliation noun [countable, uncountable]

1 the fact of being involved with or a member of a political or religious organization: What are her political affiliations?

2 the act of a smaller group or organization joining a larger one, union

allot : divide, distribute, assign, allocate verb [transitive]
to decide officially that a particular amount of money, time etc or something such as a house or job etc should be used for a particular purpose : allocate sb sth: The duty officer allocated us a cabin for the night. | allocate sth for sth: one million dollars allocated for disaster relief | allocate sth to: You need to decide how much time to allocate to each exam question.