allocate

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In most refugee settlements, the government has run out of land to allocate to migrants for crop cultivation, and in at least one, refugees have come to blows over the plots that are available.

From The Wall Street Journal

Normally, five regional internet registries spread around the world allocate IP addresses to service providers, cloud companies and others that can demonstrate that they or their clients need them to operate.

From The Wall Street Journal

In return for permission to build extra apartments, the developers of the store and 40 others were obliged to allocate space for a supermarket.

From Barron's

To do so, boards need to ensure that executives allocate resources—both capital and labor—in alignment with long-term strategies while remaining sufficiently responsive to short-term issues.

From Barron's

Congress at some point will likely have to allocate funding for the program.

From Barron's