allocate

[al-uh-keyt]

verb (used with object), al·lo·cat·ed, al·lo·cat·ing.

to set apart for a particular purpose; assign or allot: to allocate funds for new projects.
to fix the place of; locate.

Origin of allocate

1630–40; < Medieval Latin allocātus (past participle of allocāre), equivalent to al- al- + loc(us) place + -ātus -ate¹

Related formsal·lo·ca·tor, nounde·al·lo·cate, verb (used with object), de·al·lo·cat·ed, de·al·lo·cat·ing.re·al·lo·cate, verb (used with object), re·al·lo·cat·ed, re·al·lo·cat·ing.un·al·lo·cat·ed, adjective

Synonym study

1. See assign.

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Examples from the Web for unallocated

Contemporary Examples of unallocated

As a result, the delegates he should have won will be considered “unallocated” and be assigned by the state party.
Super Tuesday’s High Stakes Showdown
Ben Jacobs
March 6, 2012

British Dictionary definitions for unallocated

allocate

verb (tr)

to assign or allot for a particular purpose
a less common word for locate (def. 2)

Derived Formsallocatable, adjective

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 unallocated

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.