ALLOCATE


Meaning of ALLOCATE in English

— allocator , n.

/al"euh kayt'/ , v.t., 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.

[ 1630-40; allocatus (ptp. of allocare ), equiv. to al- AL- + loc ( us ) place + -atus -ATE 1 ]

Syn. 1. See assign .

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .