/ ˈæləkeɪt; NAmE / verb
allocate sth (for sth) | allocate sth (to sb/sth) | allocate (sb/sth) sth to give sth officially to sb/sth for a particular purpose :
[ vn ]
They intend to allocate more places to mature students this year.
A large sum has been allocated for buying new books for the library.
[ vn , vnn ]
More resources are being allocated to the project.
The project is being allocated more resources.
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WORD ORIGIN
mid 17th cent.: from medieval Latin allocat- allotted, from the verb allocare , from ad- to + locare , from locus place.