- present participle of allocate.
allocating
Example Sentences
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Richter has called for setting a cap on total water use and allocating water based on what the river can provide.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
That is partly because institutional investors were wary of allocating capital to a fund manager without a record, people familiar with the matter said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
In terms of allocating over time, an equitable plan would probably aim to keep the burden associated with the missing trust fund steady across generations.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
It involved Leech placing trades and then waiting until later in the day before allocating them in client accounts, after Leech saw how the trades were performing, according to prosecutors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
All that was clear was that the profits to be had from smart people making complicated bets overwhelmed anything that could be had from servicing customers, or allocating capital to productive enterprise.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
