allocativeadj.
/ˈaləkətɪv/, U.S. /ˈæləˌkeɪdɪv/ Relating to, characterized by, or involving allocation (in various senses); (now esp.) relating to the allocating of resources or funds to a particular area, or for a particular purpose.
ΚΠ
a1832 J. Bentham Pannomial Fragm. in Wks. (1843) III. 222/2 Power is either coercive or allocative.
1856 Nonconformist 23 Jan. 50/3 [To] address the working men of Newport, in some novel and allocative manner.
1921 Lumber World Rev. 10 Mar. 29/2 The figures shown..not be followed out in detail..when basing upon average cost instead of allocative cost.
1971 T. Schultz in W. L. Fishel Resource Allocation Agric. Res. 108 Various new materials are becoming available which must be evaluated by farmers..[and] new allocative decisions are constantly required.
1991 Fiscal Stud. Aug. 86 Substantial production and allocative inefficiencies would imply a significant misallocation of resources.
2010 Wall St. Jrnl. 15 May a13/2 Monetary policy has to be about more than just targeting inflation. It is a more powerful tool than that. It is also an allocative policy.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
<
adj.a1832- football top
- football tournament
- football uniform
- football union
- football-cap
- football-crazy
- football-loving
- football-mad
- football-playing
- footballcap
- footballcrazy
- footballed
- footballene
- footballer
- footballers
- footballing
- footballist
- footballists
- footballloving
- footballmad
- footballplaying
- footballs
- footbed
- footbeds
- footbinder