allocate · verb
Meanings and examples
To assign money, time, space, or other resources to a particular purpose or recipient.
The council allocated additional funds to repairing the roads that had suffered the most damage.
We should allocate enough time for questions instead of filling the entire meeting with presentations.
Each research team was allocated a workspace according to the equipment its project required.
Allocating resources fairly becomes more difficult when several urgent needs compete for a limited budget.
Forms
- allocate base form
- allocates third-person singular present
- allocated past tense; past participle
- allocating present participle