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allocate English

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allocate Verb

— If you allocate something, you set it aside or plan to use it for a particular purpose. The term is often used with money or resources We need to change the way that the research money is being allocated. The government is allocating scarce resources to the military when they should be used for growing food.

allocate

— verb distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose I am allocating a loaf of bread to everyone on a daily basis I'm allocating the rations for the camping trip

Synonyms allocate synonyms

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allocate English » English

allot assign distribute apportion appoint divide earmark give out dispense deal summons subpoena share set aside designate appropriate set apart dominate distribution control award administer split set separate reserve ration pay partition govern give dominant dispatch devote deploy charge cast arrange wield turn supply superintendence subdivide structure stratify state split up specify show shell out

Topics allocate topics

What do people use allocate to talk about?
Work and occupation Finance Share wealth

Give, donate

Conjugation allocate conjugation

How do you conjugate allocate?

allocate · verb

Examples allocate examples

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Simple sentences

A committee of experts determines how to allocate the money.

Movie subtitles

They'll allocate the funds anyway. It's not their personal money.
Well, allocate it then.
You know, Professor, I came here because the people who allocate money in my country weren't intelligent enough to pursue a wholly original concept.
We shall allocate you 18 more blind persons, making 20 with the two you have here.
I've had to notify the local police, pull out the special branch, get the minister to muzzle the press and allocate a sizeable chunk of my meager budget to renovating the establishment!
Much tidier to allocate people to GPs, much fairer.
I can allocate resources any way I see fit, and I am considering this case my highest priority.
But the greatest challenge of the human race is to allocate those scarce resources on your planet to meet basic needs.
I have decided to allocate extra funds for research on a new breed of Hupyrian beetles.
We're going to leave it up to you to determine how to allocate the com time. Admiral, um.
With one week off for Christmas, two weeks summer vacation. three hundred pages would take approximately 37 years. which, quite frankly, is a little more than I'm willing to allocate to this project.
Remember, you have a limited amount of weight, 600 pounds to allocate.
The bad news is, you have to allocate the rest and somebody's going to end up with a very cold bowl of rice and water from your own camp, so, let me go over the rest of your choices.
I'll allocate you a plate later.
They'll allocate the funds anyway.
I came here because the people who allocate money in my country weren't intelligent enough to pursue a wholly original concept.
I've had to notify the local police, pull out the special branch, muzzle the press and allocate a large chunk of my meagre budget to renovating the establishment!
Nathan, if the world is captivated by it. they'll allocate the funds for more research.
We're going to leave it up to you to determine how to allocate the com time.
Maybe you could allocate your personnel a little better.
We will allocate manpower to her as she needs it.
We have to allocate time for assembling the engine compatibility tests, test drives and the corrections.
For a few repairs the Shogun would surely allocate nothing.
The Congressman has been a fierce opponent of the administration's efforts to allocate more funding for unmanned surveillance and drone strikes in the Middle East.
There are still some presents to allocate.
I'll allocate you to your sections, and our mechanics will show what you theoretically know.
I'll allocate actions.
Well, I've been reassessing how I allocate my time.
See, the thing is, when we allocate money for Parks.
Everyone, a person must be able to allocate a time and location, and there, he must abandon his ego, to create a sensation!
Well, when you're lieutenant, feel free to allocate your resources any way you like.
No, they don't want to allocate agency funds for the buy-in.
Never mind that prostitution should probably be legalized anyway, given it would save lives and allow police and courts to allocate time to more serious matters.
If congress is going to allocate a quarter billion dollars, we want to make sure it goes towards a bill that does more to protect the. we've been through all that.

News and current affairs

Allocate to each country a greenhouse gas emissions quota equal to the country's population, multiplied by the per person share.
In principle, greater use of market mechanisms to allocate health care can slow or even temporarily reverse the rise in healthcare costs.
Parents can then make contributions to their child's trust fund which can grow tax-free, and can choose how to allocate the Fund among investments.
Young people in the US who opt for it would see most of the traditional pension benefit replaced when they retire decades from now with proceeds from personal accounts that they would be free to allocate among a range of investments, including stocks.
The market is the best arbiter of how to allocate scarce resources, and thus should serve as an economy's main driver.
Investors have responded to near-zero interest rates with unprecedented adjustments in the way they allocate assets.
The core challenge of macroeconomics is to allocate society's resources to their best use.
So perhaps decision makers, faced with the victims of previous policies and the future victims of current ones, would simply be happy that at last they could allocate resources in an optimally efficient way.
Instead of investing in weapons of mass annihilation, governments must allocate resources towards meeting human needs.
The trouble is that in many cases, rules and regulations intended to ensure financial markets' stability impede the ability of pension funds and others to allocate savings smoothly and efficiently.
Indeed, Europe's finance ministries face a dilemma over how much of their stretched national budgets to allocate to the military; and European defense officials must somehow ensure that precious funding is spent in the most efficient manner.
The revamped growth compact would more effectively allocate European resources and increase the flexibility of permanent transfers from rich to poor countries - provided that the money is used for productive investment.
NEW YORK - The purpose of the global financial system is to allocate the world's savings to their most productive uses.
The simplest way to fulfill this vision would be to allocate SDRs as a full reserve asset, which countries could either use or deposit in their IMF accounts.
Such trials begin with the selection of women at risk of developing breast cancer, and randomly allocate them to be screened or not.
In short, the EU will no longer be able to offer attractive membership prospects to neighboring countries, nor will it be able to allocate adequate resources for surrogate membership schemes like the Eastern Partnership.
Interest rates thus incentivize and convey to entrepreneurs how to allocate capital through time.
Allocate to each country a greenhouse gas emissions quota equal to the country's population, multiplied by the per person share. Finally, allow countries that need a higher quota to buy it from those that emit less than their quota.
Even assuming that agreement can be found within the eurozone on how to allocate the desired gains and losses in competitiveness across countries, member countries are not centrally planned economies.

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