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allocates

VERB

assign; divide among

Synonyms

STRONGEST

allot apportion appropriate designate earmark give set aside

STRONG

admeasure budget cut share slice

WEAK

dish out divvy mete

Antonyms

STRONGEST

hold keep withhold

WEAK

keep together

Example Sentences

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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

States remain legally responsible for providing employment - or paying unemployment allowances, even as the central government allocates $9.5bn for the scheme in the current financial year, ending next March.

From BBC • Dec. 22, 2025

California now allocates $750 million annually to the program, up from $330 million.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2025

The benchmark with which the chart compares the average endowment is a portfolio that allocates 70% to a stock index fund and 30% to a bond index fund.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 14, 2025

The $100,000 earned are only the proceeds from a market situation - but the market is an amoral beast, and not a god of justice that allocates what people �deserve�.

From Definition & Reality in the General Theory of Political Economy by Colignatus, Thomas