allocateverb [ T ]
uk/ˈæl.ə.keɪt/us/ˈæl.ə.keɪt/C1 to give something to someone as their share of a total amount, to use in a particular way:
The government is allocating £10 million for health education.
[ + two objects ] As project leader, you will have to allocate people jobs/allocate jobs to people.
It is not the job of the investigating committee to allocate blame for the disaster/to allocate blame to individuals.
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- The local council has decided not to allocate funds for the project.
- The president has agreed to allocate further funds to develop the new submarine.
- Tickets will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.
- There are ten marks allocated to every question.
- Try to allocate yourself a set time each day to practise your exercises.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Sharing
- allot
- allotment
- apportion
- cake
- carpool
- divide/split (sth) down the middle idiom
- divvy
- divvy sth up
- double
- double up
- Dutch
- go Dutch idiom
- half
- joint
- middle
- redistribute
- share and share alike idiom
- share-out
- shareable
- shared
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allocation
noun [ U ] uk/ˌæl.əˈkeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌæl.əˈkeɪ.ʃən/
C2
the allocation of resources/funds/time