allocate

verb

al·lo·cate | \ ˈa-lə-ˌkāt

allocated; allocating

Definition of allocate

1 : to apportion for a specific purpose or to particular persons or things : distribute allocate tasks among human and automated components

2 : to set apart or earmark : designate allocate a section of the building for special research purposes

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Other Words from allocate

allocatable \ -ˌkā-tə-bəl

\ adjective

allocation \ ˌa-lə-ˈkā-shən

\ noun

allocator \ ˈa-lə-ˌkā-tər

\ noun

Examples of allocate in a Sentence

Money from the sale of the house was allocated to each of the children. We need to determine the best way to allocate our resources. Have enough funds been allocated to finance the project?

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The more children diagnosed with a disability at a school, the more money a state or federal program would allocate to that school. — WSJ, "On the Overmedication of School Children," 14 Mar. 2019 Meituan’s rapid push to go public may suck up some of the capital that would otherwise be allocated to Didi. — Jaclyn Gallucci, Fortune, "Meituan Is Said to Plan $6 Billion IPO Filing This Month," 12 June 2018 Arrowhead High School is among schools statewide to apply for a share of the $100 million the state of Wisconsin has allocated for school safety grants for public and private schools. — Alec Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Arrowhead wants state grant to beef up security with video cameras, remote control doors," 7 June 2018 To keep these services, the state needs to put up $281 million of its general funding, which is now allocated to higher education, prisons and other government functions. — Julia O'donoghue, NOLA.com, "Louisiana following through with warnings to 37,000 Medicaid recipients," 9 May 2018 And Army Corps spokesman Gene Pawlik said no money has been allocated yet for the current raft of proposals, and no timeline set for when any work would begin in the future. — Johanna Seltz, BostonGlobe.com, "State aims to return the beach to Nantasket," 4 May 2018 Council also voted Monday (April 23) to expand the scope of renovations going on at City Hall, including an additional $64,276 to replace the elevator, a project that has already been allocated for $180,000. — Thomas Jewell, cleveland.com, "Shaker, county to split cost on repaving Fairhill Road: Council recap," 25 Apr. 2018 The focus shouldn't be on who gets revenue that can't be allocated accurately but on getting as much of it as possible to the publishers and songwriters who actually earned it. — Robert Levine, Billboard, "Congress Should Tweak -- and Pass -- the Music Modernization Act (Column)," 20 Apr. 2018 Assuming a 6-pound-per-gallon weight, that means 240 pounds would have been allocated for fuel. — Jason Pohl, azcentral, "Deadly Scottsdale plane crash: Experts say weight might have been an issue," 13 Apr. 2018

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