Synonyms of the word allocate


ALLOCATEALLOT - APPORTION - ASSIGN - PORTION

allocate

  • v. To set aside for a purpose.
  • v. To distribute according to a plan, generally followed by the adposition "to".
  • v. (computing) To set aside (as above), but specifically used to refer to the practice of making memory available…

allot

  • v. (transitive) To distribute or apportion by (or as if by) lot.
  • v. (transitive) To assign or designate as a task or for a purpose.

apportion

  • v. (transitive) To divide and distribute portions of a whole.
  • v. (transitive) Specifically, to do so in a fair and equitable manner; to allocate proportionally.

assign

  • v. (transitive) To designate or set apart something for some purpose.
  • v. (transitive) To appoint or select someone for some office.
  • v. (transitive) To allot or give something as a task.
  • v. (transitive) To attribute or sort something into categories.
  • v. (transitive, law) To transfer property, a legal right, etc., from one person to another.
  • v. (transitive, programming) To give (a value) to a variable.
  • n. An assignee.
  • n. (obsolete) A thing relating or belonging to something else; an appurtenance.

portion

  • n. An allocated amount.
  • n. That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.
  • n. One's fate; lot.
  • n. The part of an estate given or falling to a child or heir; an inheritance.
  • n. A wife's fortune; a dowry.
  • v. (transitive) To divide into amounts, as for allocation to specific purposes.
  • v. (transitive) To endow with a portion or inheritance.

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