Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To set apart for a special purpose; designate.
- transitive verb To distribute according to a plan; allot.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To assign or allot; set apart for a particular purpose; distribute: as, to
allocate shares in a public company. - To fix the place of; locate; localize.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To distribute or assign; to allot.
- transitive verb rare To localize.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
set aside for apurpose - verb To
distribute according to aplan - verb computing To declare a section of the
memory to be used by the program.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Examples
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M 42.4 and then they go on to 'allocate' undecideds, by giving Obama 4%, McCain 2%.
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Clinton and Obama have rejected calls from utilities and other businesses to "allocate" the initial polluting rights based on a company's current emissions.
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An organization with a captive market could "allocate" its cost to another in the form of a "price" that the agency charged cannot control.
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An organization with a captive market could "allocate" its cost to another in the form of a "price" that the agency charged cannot control.
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This nuance seemed to add considerably to the picture of Northern Ireland's population (though NISRA used some slightly questionable methodologies to 'allocate' those who resisted allocation).
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This nuance seemed to add considerably to the picture of Northern Ireland's population (though NISRA used some slightly questionable methodologies to 'allocate' those who resisted allocation).
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Only the garbage collector can "allocate" objects in generation 1 (by promoting survivors from generation 0) and generation 2 (by promoting survivors from generations 1 and 2).
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Only the garbage collector can "allocate" objects in generation 1 (by promoting survivors from generation 0) and generation 2 (by promoting survivors from generations 1 and 2).
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CASE IN POINT Obama tapped VP Joe Biden to "allocate" the stimulus $$trillions.
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CASE IN POINT Obama tapped VP Joe Biden to "allocate" the stimulus $$trillions.
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