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
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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.
Npr Monograph On Financial Management Part B ITY National Archives 1994
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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.
Npr Monograph On Financial Management Part A ITY National Archives 1993
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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).
Irish Blogs Ulster's Doomed! 2010
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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).
Irish Blogs Ulster's Doomed! 2010
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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 $$trillions.
Latest Articles 2009
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CASE IN POINT Obama tapped VP Joe Biden to "allocate" the stimulus $$trillions.
Latest Articles 2009
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