Word: overallotments
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: o
ver
a
llot
ments
Definition: Plural of overallotment. A greenshoe option.
Morphemes:
Affix: over-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: surrounding or covering
Affix: à
Language: en
PoS: Letter
Meaning: The letter a with a grave accent.
Affix: lot
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A separate portion; a number of things taken collectively.
Affix: -ment
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, the nouns having the sense of "the action or result of what is denoted by the verb".
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ment
Language: fro
Decoded: -ment
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, usually of action or state resulting of them. Equivalent to the English -ment.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plural of nouns that correctly take just an "s" in the plural. See greengrocer’s apostrophe.