allocate

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al·lo·cate /ˈæləkeɪt/ AWL verb [transitiveT]

GIVEto use something for a particular purpose, give something to a particular person etc, especially after an official decision has been made 分配，配给

allocate something to somebody/something

the importance of allocating resources to local communities

将资源分配给地方社区的重要性

You should allocate the same amount of time to each question.

你应当给每个问题分配相同的时间。

allocate something for something

One million dollars was allocated for disaster relief.

拨出100万美元用于救灾。

allocate somebody/something sth

Several patients were waiting to be allocated a bed.

有几位病人在等着分配床位。

Examples from the Corpus

allocate• The company has allocated $1000 to the team to get the project started.• We are allocated a nursery for our weekly spell of baby care.• It is a process whereby scarce resources are allocated among competing powers and claimants.• All this highlighted the need for more land to be allocated by planning authorities for development.• The government has allocated, for the introduction of the National Curriculum into 24,000 schools, the sum of £30 million.• He is a selfish, competitive fighter who is totally calculating about how he allocates his time and resources.• Several single parent families have been allocated homes on the new site.• The results will depend on how each department allocates its resources.• Investors who allocate money based on market size may not be as diversified as they thought.

allocate something for something• One million dollars has been allocated for disaster relief.

From Longman Business Dictionary

allocateal·lo·cate /ˈæləkeɪt/ verb [transitiveT]

1COMMERCEto decide officially that a particular amount of money, time etc should be used for a particular purpose

allocate something for something

The company has allocated funds for the design of four plants.

allocate something to something

Directors allocated $100 million to the search for oil.

2to decide officially that something such as a house or job should be given to a particular person

allocate something to somebody

Their job is to allocate homes to ordinary people.

allocate somebody something

They allocated me a window seat at check-in.

3ACCOUNTING to decide where a particular amount, cost, or expense should be held in a company’s accounts

allocate something to something

The regulators did not like the way in which the company allocated expenses to its bank units.

Origin allocate

(1600-1700) Medieval Latin past participle of allocare, from Latin ad- “to” + locare “to place”

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