allocate funds

См. также в других словарях:

• allocate — I verb administer, allot, appoint, apportion, appropriate, arrange, assign, assort, cast, class, classify, collocate, consign, deal, deal out, designate, destine, detail, dispense, disperse, dispose, distribute, divide, divide and bestow in… …   Law dictionary

• allocate — [al′ō kāt΄, al′əkāt΄] vt. allocated, allocating [< ML allocatus, pp. of allocare < L ad , to + locare, to place < locus: see LOCUS] 1. to set apart for a specific purpose [to allocate funds for housing] 2. to distribute in shares or… …   English World dictionary

• allocate — 01. The government has agreed to [allocate] funds for the restoration of the old town. 02. The company director wants to [allocate] additional staff to the marketing department. 03. The new budget [allocates] an increase of over a billion dollars …   Grammatical examples in English

• allocate — allocator, n. /al euh kayt /, v.t., allocated, allocating. 1. to set apart for a particular purpose; assign or allot: to allocate funds for new projects. 2. to fix the place of; locate. [1630 40; < ML allocatus (ptp. of allocare), equiv. to al AL …   Universalium

• allocate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. allot, assign. See apportionment. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. allot, designate, earmark; see allot . See Synonym Study at allot . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) v. [AL uh KATE] to… …   English dictionary for students

• allocate — al‧lo‧cate [ˈæləkeɪt] verb [transitive] 1. COMMERCE to decide officially that a particular amount of money, time etc should be used for a particular purpose: allocate something for something • The company has allocated funds for the design of… …   Financial and business terms

• allocate */ — UK [ˈæləkeɪt] / US [ˈæləˌkeɪt] verb [transitive] Word forms allocate : present tense I/you/we/they allocate he/she/it allocates present participle allocating past tense allocated past participle allocated to officially give something to someone,… …   English dictionary

• allocate — v. 1) (B; more rarely A) the dean allocated the funds to several students 2) (D; tr.) to allocate for (our committee allocated money for the memorial) * * * [ æləkeɪt] (B; more rarely A) the dean allocated the funds to several students (D; tr.)… …   Combinatory dictionary

• allocate — al|lo|cate [ ælə,keıt ] verb transitive * to officially give something to someone, or decide that something can be used for a specific purpose: Our task is to decide the best way to allocate scarce resources. No agreement was reached on how much… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• allocate — verb ADVERB ▪ randomly ▪ efficiently ▪ Local authorities have to learn to allocate resources efficiently. PREPOSITION ▪ according to, by …   Collocations dictionary

• funds — n. monies, capital; cash fÊŒnd n. amount of money set aside for a specific purpose; supply v. finance, supply with money; allocate or set aside financial sums; extend a short term obligation …   English contemporary dictionary