allocate

[al-uh-keyt] /ˈæl əˌkeɪt/
verb (used with object), allocated, allocating.
1.
to set apart for a particular purpose; assign or allot:
to allocate funds for new projects.
2.
to fix the place of; locate.
Origin
1630-40; < Medieval Latin allocātus (past participle of allocāre), equivalent to al- al- + loc(us) place + -ātus -ate1
Related forms
allocator, noun
deallocate, verb (used with object), deallocated, deallocating.
reallocate, verb (used with object), reallocated, reallocating.
unallocated, adjective
Synonyms
1. See assign.
Examples from the web for allocate
  • They do not want us to allocate all that money until a review has been made.
  • What matters most is how you allocate your overall savings — and how much you save.
  • Best plan is to allocate regular hours each day for studying, whether there's an exam corning or not.
  • Dozens of Federal programs use census figures in order to allocate local aid.
  • The computer would allocate that memory for programs or storage as it needed.
  • On the average they can allocate only about a third of local taxes to education.
  • Census population figures are used to allocate federal dollars for everything from roads to social services.
  • These mutual funds allocate all your money automatically into a basket of mutual funds that fit your risk profile.
  • While they agreed on this goal, they deadlocked over how to allocate the money.
  • That's a much more prudent way to allocate the stock portion of your retirement fund.
British Dictionary definitions for allocate

allocate

/ˈæləˌkeɪt/
verb (transitive)
1.
to assign or allot for a particular purpose
2.
a less common word for locate (sense 2)
Derived Forms
allocatable, adjective
Word Origin
C17: from Medieval Latin allocāre, from Latin locāre to place, from locus a place
Word Origin and History for allocate
v.

1630s, from verbal used of adjective allocate (mid-15c. in legal use), from Medieval Latin allocate (the common first word of writs authorizing payment), imperative plural of allocare "allocate," from Latin ad- "to" (see ad-) + locare "to place" (see locate). Related: Allocated; allocating.