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reallocate

British  
/ riːˈæləkeɪt /

verb

  1. to assign or allot to a different purpose or person from the one originally intended

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

  • reallocation noun

Example Sentences

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Morgan’s advisors are having more conversations with families about hedges, including gold, and where they should potentially shift away from risky assets to reallocate.

From Barron's

Regardless, this workforce will need to be retrained and reallocated in the near future toward more productive areas of the economy, such as services, Antoniak added.

From The Wall Street Journal

Other investors could follow, reallocating to other sovereign bonds or gold.

From Barron's

The plan also reallocates resources in certain other functions to accelerate strategic priorities, Autodesk said Thursday.

From The Wall Street Journal

In a separate-property state, you would still likely end up with a settlement that reallocated your funds — maybe not exactly in half, but not along the lines of “what’s mine is mine.”

From MarketWatch