allocate
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My colleague Paul La Monica reports that “Fidelity is lowering the minimum investment because SpaceX is offering more shares to average investors, with plans to allocate 30% of the deal to individual traders.”
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
Economists assume, for example, that consumers with limited income will allocate their budget to maximize utility—choosing the combination of goods that delivers the greatest satisfaction per unit of cost.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
"Our findings suggest that the fundamental rules that guide how individuals allocate social effort apply across multiple species," says Van Leeuwen.
From Science Daily • May 31, 2026
Watt says he will allocate nearly 20% of shares in his new beer company, called Second Best, to people who lost money after investing in Brewdog's Equity for Punks scheme.
From BBC • May 23, 2026
He looked at his little sister and tried to allocate blame so it all fell on her, but he couldn’t.
From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Vocabulary lists containing allocate
Grade 9, List 6
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