Definitions for allocate

allocate al·lo·cate

Spelling: [al-uh-keyt]
IPA: /ˈæl əˌkeɪt/

Allocate is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 207 anagrams from letters in allocate (aacellot).

Definitions for allocate

verb (used with object)

  1. to set apart for a particular purpose; assign or allot:
  2. 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 -ate<

Examples for allocate

Also, our house will be paid off so we can allocate those savings to other investments.

I recommend you allocate 30% to a broad international stock fund, and 70% in a broad US index fund, such as an S&P500 fund.

In Chinese annals two names appear as those of the district and town (I am not able to allocate their application with certainty).

Adaptability results from diversity; so does the ability to allocate resources within the dynamic community.

My specimens also showed these intermediate tendencies and I am unable at present to allocate the specimens to subspecies.

It requires keen and discriminating judgment to allocate specimens with passing exactitude as to time and place.

And we can talk about whether we want to allocate fewer resources to the aged.

While this frees up resources the Romney camp can allocate elsewhere, it could prove costly if it lets Santorum on the board.

It was accordingly arranged to allocate yards or separate sections of yards, so that one class of tonnage only would be produced.

Why allocate education dollars to a community perceived to be off the charts with spelling-bee winners and academic scholars?

Word Value for allocate
Scrable

10

Words with friends

13

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