allocate
Example Sentences
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“Household resources have been allocated to maximize your utility. Please see Line 12 for your transfer.”
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
In fact, releasing him after that season would incur a salary cap hit of $99.2 million in what’s known as dead money, or funds allocated to a player who’s no longer on the team.
Importantly, while Takaichi’s stimulus package contains some political giveaways, it also allocates money to strategic sectors that Japan’s international competitors are also spending on, such as semiconductors and shipbuilding.
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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
