allocate
[al-uh-keyt]
- to set apart for a particular purpose; assign or allot: to allocate funds for new projects.
- to fix the place of; locate.
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Origin of allocate
Synonym study
1. See assign.
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Historical Examples of re-allocate
They re-allocate resources from (potentially or actually) productive agents to themselves.
After the RainSam Vaknin
allocate
- to assign or allot for a particular purpose
- a less common word for locate (def. 2)
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Word Origin for allocate
C17: from Medieval Latin allocāre, from Latin locāre to place, from locus a place
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Word Origin and History for re-allocate
allocate
1630s, from verbal used of adjective allocate (mid-15c. in legal use), from Medieval Latin allocate (the common first word of writs authorizing payment), imperative plural of allocare "allocate," from Latin ad- "to" (see ad-) + locare "to place" (see locate). Related: Allocated; allocating.
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