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WordBand 6.5–8Academic (NAWL)
allocate
/ˈæl.ə.keɪt/
verb
To distribute or set apart for a plan or purpose
- “Capitalism efficiently allocates resources according to our needs and wants.”Tatoeba
- “A committee of experts determines how to allocate the money.”Tatoeba
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Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)