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[ verb ] distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose
Synonyms Examples "I am allocating a loaf of bread to everyone on a daily basis" "I'm allocating the rations for the camping trip" Used in print (The New York Times,...)The Communist countries allocated more_than $ 1000000000 in economic aid alone last year , according to Western estimates . (William Gomberg, "Unions and the Anti-Trust Laws"...)Let us look_at the heavy-electrical-goods industry in_which General_Electric , Westinghouse and a_number_of other manufacturers were recently convicted of engaging in a conspiracy to rig prices and allocate the market . The industry is so structured that price-setting by a multi-product company will vary with the way overhead charges are allocated - whether marginal or average pricing is applied . (The Atlanta Constitution,...)Actually it amounts to $ 1250000 above what the institution already is receiving , considering the additional half-million dollars Gov._Vandiver allocated last year from the state surplus . (Peter Wyden, "The Chances of Accidental War"...)In recent weeks , as a result of a sweeping defense_policy reappraisal by the Kennedy_Administration , basic United_States strategy has been modified - and large new sums allocated - to meet the accidental-war danger and to reduce it as quickly as possible . |
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