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Definition
distribute according to a planor:
set apart for a special purpose
- allocate time and resources
- The company has committed to allocating more money for research and development.
- Each state determines how to allocate its presidential delegates.
- For instance, what was that matter of our last allocation of new rail vanishing from the storehouse in Pittsburgh?Ayn Rand -- Atlas Shrugged
- But opinions still divided on how the loan would be allocated.Tracy Kidder -- Mountains Beyond Mountains
- Another was to focus NFL front office minds on how to allocate their dollars.Michael Lewis -- The Blind Side
- How else can we distinguish between you, allocate assignments?Robert Ludlum -- The Bourne Identity
- Most has been allocated to the archers on the outer walls.Henry H. Neff -- The Maelstrom
- It was a subtle point of recognition; only one superior kind allocated to one elite circle.Robert Ludlum -- The Bourne Supremacy
- The housemen also resupplied the ground soldiers if they sold their allocated amount.Wes Moore -- The Other Wes Moore
- The farthest rooms in the house were allocated to Jean's mania for photography.Isabel Allende -- The House of Spirits
- A tremendous allocation of resources would be required to ensure your safety, and I simply cannot spare them at this time.Henry H. Neff -- The Hound of Rowan
- I looked over the budget of the Security Police and found nothing resembling an allocation for the Zalachenko club.Stieg Larsson -- The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
- What was horrifying about Prudence's death was not that the hospital allocated its resources poorly, but that it neglected a human being in its care.Nicholas D. Kristof -- Half the Sky
- The room they've been allocated, with its narrow space and low ceiling, will be enough to show what contempt the court has for these people.Franz Kafka -- The Trial
- We allocated one hundred grams for luxury items.Andy Weir -- The Martian
- The allocated space next to the fire was vacant.Markus Zusak -- The Book Thief
- We'll allocate about a minute and a half for you in the schedule.Joseph Heller -- Catch-22
- One day he received an allocation of wood at the official price.Boris Pasternak -- Doctor Zhivago
- If I may be arrogant enough to offer advice, I've found that it's essential for my sanity to allocate a certain portion of the day for my own interests.Christopher Paolini -- Eldest