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administer, allot, appoint, apportion, appropriate, arrange, assign, assort, cast, class, classify, collocate, consign, deal, deal out, designate, destine, detail, dispense, disperse, dispose, distribute, divide, divide and bestow 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
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allot, apportion, arrange (methodize), assign (allot), classify, delegate, demarcate, detail (assign), disburse (distribute), dispense, disperse (disseminate), distribute, divide (distribute), dole, expend (disburse), marshal, mete, parcel, partition, pigeonhole, prorate, regulate (adjust), relegate, sort, split, tabulate
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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v.To distribute for a particular purpose; to assign; to allot. In taxation, to allot portions of income to different purposes.n.allocationadj.allocable
The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008.