allocate
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However, the Nildil Cgil trade union believes companies need to allocate resources to ensure their workers are not out of pocket.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
Samsung in May agreed to allocate 10.5% of its semiconductor division’s annual operating profit to special bonuses, contingent on the company meeting certain profitability benchmarks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
The company should be able to continue funding its dividend if it chooses to allocate its cash that way.
From Barron's ● Jun. 28, 2026
You may, for instance, allocate money for education, mortgage, down payment, rent, and, of course, their children.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 2026
These people whose job it was to allocate capital apparently didn’t even know how to manage their own.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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Changes in how it allocates funds can affect global financial markets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
The district also proposed increasing class sizes while it allocates 20% of its total budget to outside contracts, significantly higher than surrounding districts and the state average, the association said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2026
GMO allocates 5.4% to Venezuela in the firm’s Emerging Country Debt fund versus benchmark allocation External link of 1%.
From Barron's ● Jan. 5, 2026
The prudent investor allocates a small portion of his portfolio to quantum exposure, accepts that volatility is the price of admission, and recognizes that long-term trajectory matters more than monthly price swings.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 23, 2025
Sometimes it fixes prices, allocates the surplus or distributes the loss.
From Public Opinion by Lippmann, Walter
That is roughly eight times the level allocated by the European Union in the same period, the institute said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
He estimates that every 100 megawatts of compute allocated toward Meta’s API could generate as much as $8 billion of revenue and roughly $2 of earnings per share by 2028.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
The government has allocated more than 40 plots of land in La Guaira, totaling about 584,000 square meters, for the construction of new homes, Rodriguez said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 12, 2026
Brian's first 999 call should have been allocated a higher priority response.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
Those who contracted MDR were left to die—as humanely as possible, because the foundation provided money for hospice care—but why, Farmer wondered, couldn’t some money be allocated to MDR?
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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SpaceX’s $75 billion IPO, allocating 30% to retail investors, fueled concerns about Tesla stock’s volatility.
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
Fairly allocating infrastructure costs among groups of customers is complex.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026
While many advocates support allocating the money quickly, it leaves little for future years.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2026
Related: My husband is giving me 75% of his trust — and allocating 25% to his sister.
From MarketWatch ● May 23, 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
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