Legal Definition and Related Resources of Allocate
Meaning of Allocate
Synonyms of Allocate
verb
- administer
- allot
- appoint
- apportion
- appropriate
- arrange
- assign
- assort
- cast
- class
- classify
- collocate
- consign
- deal
- deal out
- designate
- destine
- detail
- disense
- disperse
- dispose
- distribute
- divide
- divide and estow in shares
- dole out
- earmark
- fix
- give out
- grant
- group
- hand out
- intend
- line up
- locate
- marshal
- mete
- parcel out
- place
- portion off
- portion out
- prescribe
- prorate
- ration
- render
- set apart
- set aside
- set out
- share
- situate
- specify
- Associated Concepts: allocate funds
- special allocatur ALLONGE
- noun addendum
- additament
- addition
- adjunct
- affix
- appendage
- appendix
- attachment
- complement
- postscript
- rider
- supplement
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Allocate in Historical Law
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What does Allocate mean in American Law?
The definition of Allocate in the law of the United States, as defined by the lexicographer Arthur Leff in his legal dictionary is:
To direct or apportion something; to allot, as in, “The administrator was directed to allocate the dwindling supplies of heating oil to the areas of most pressing need.” See also allocable.
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Allocate Definition (in the Accounting Vocabulary)
The New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants offers the following definition of Allocate in a way that is easy for anybody to understand: To set aside for a specific reason.
Grammar
This term is a verb.
Etimology of Allocate
(You may find allocate at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms).
to set aside for a special purpose, 1630s, from Medieval Latin allocate (the common first word of writs authorizing payment), imperative plural of allocare “allocate, allot,” from Latin ad “to” (see ad-) + locare “to place,” from locus “a place” (see locus). It is a twin of allow. Related: Allocated; allocating. English allocate as an adjective from mid-15c. in legal use.
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