distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose; "I am allocating a loaf of bread to everyone on a daily basis"; "I'm allocating the rations for the camping trip"
To divide a lump-sum appropriation into parts which are designated for expenditure by specific organization units and/or for specific purposes, activities, or objects
to assign a class to a particular salary grade in the salary schedule based on an evaluation of its duties and responsibilities To reallocate is to change the existing allocation of a class to a different salary grade in the schedule
(1) The process an operating system uses to respond to a request from a program to reserve memory for use by the program (2) In APPC, a verb that assigns a session to a conversation Contrast with deallocate
To assign a class to a grade in the salary schedule based on an evaluation of its duties and responsibilities To reallocate is to change the existing allocation of a class to a different salary grade in the schedule
If one item or share of something is allocated to a particular person or for a particular purpose, it is given to that person or used for that purpose. Tickets are limited and will be allocated to those who apply first The 1985 federal budget allocated $7.3 billion for development programmes Our plan is to allocate one member of staff to handle appointments. = assign, allot. to use something for a particular purpose, give something to a particular person etc, especially after an official decision has been made allocate sth to sb/sth (past participle of allocare, from ad- + locare )
[ 'a-l&-"kAt ] (transitive verb.) circa 1641. Medieval Latin allocatus, past participle of allocare, from Latin ad- + locare to place, from locus place; more at STALL.