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verb
- 1. distribute (resources or duties) for a particular purpose: "in past years we didn't allocate enough funds to infrastructure maintenance"
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to give a particular amount of time, money, etc. to someone or something, so that it can be used in a particular way: allocate sth for sth We have allocated €50,000 for printing and mailings. allocate sth to sb/sth They allocated 3% of the advertising budget to newspaper ads.
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. allocatable. ˈa-lə-ˌkā-tə-bəl. adjective. allocation. ˌa-lə-ˈkā-shən. noun. allocator.
to give something to someone as their share of a total amount, to use in a particular way: The government is allocating £10 million for health education. [ + two objects ] As project leader, you will have to allocate people jobs /allocate jobs to people.
Allocated definition: set apart for a particular purpose or recipient; assigned or allotted. See examples of ALLOCATED used in a sentence.
to give something to someone as their share of a total amount, to use in a particular way: The government is allocating $10 million for health education. [ + two objects ] As project leader, you will have to allocate people jobs /allocate jobs to people.
allocate. [ al - uh -keyt ] Phonetic (Standard)IPA. verb (used with object) , al·lo·cat·ed, al·lo·cat·ing. to set apart for a particular purpose; assign or allot: to allocate funds for new projects. allocate. / ˈæləˌkeɪt / verb. to assign or allot for a particular purpose. a less common word for locate. Discover More. Derived Forms.
Other forms: allocated; allocating; allocates. To allocate is to set aside a certain amount of money for an expense. You usually hear about the government allocating funds for education or the military, but you may personally allocate some of your allowance to buying comic books.
