allocate
Divide among recipients
To allocate is to set aside or distribute for a particular purpose.
Governments allocate funds to programs; managers allocate resources among teams; computers allocate memory to processes.
The word implies deliberate assignment rather than random distribution: We allocated three hours for the presentation.
Allocation often involves dividing a limited supply among competing demands.
Divided share given
- sharePortion given out
- divideSeparate into parts
- apportionDivide into portions
- parcelWrapped item for shipping
dispense · dole · mete · ration · allot · disburse · divvy · prorate
Of public revenue
- appropriationUnauthorized claiming or allocation
- expenditureMoney paid out
- fundsAvailable financial resources
- capitalWealth used for investment
investment · revenue · deficit · surplus · treasury · endowment · subsidy · grant
Entrust authority to another
- taskWork to be done
- responsibilityState of being answerable
- dutyRequired moral task
- rolePosition or part
designate · job · obligation · function · charge · appointment · detail · deploy
Furnish or stock
- inventoryCatalog of held assets
- reservesResources held back
- assetsOwned items of value
- stockpileAccumulated reserve supply
provision · scarcity · bandwidth · capacity · utilization · pool · shortage · surplus
Mind's retention capacity
- storageSpace for keeping goods
- processorComponent that executes instructions
- bandwidthData transmission capacity
- heapJumbled collection of items
buffer · cache · pointer · stack · dynamic · static · address · block
Maximizing efficiency or performance
- prioritizationRanking by importance
- decision-makingProcess of choosing actions
- logisticsCoordination of complex activities
- forecastingEstimating future conditions
analysis · trade-off · efficiency · cost-benefit · modeling · rebalancing · dynamic · adaptive
portion
Divided share given
parcel · dispense · dole · mete · ration · allot · disburse · divvy · prorate · partition
fiscal
Of public revenue
- appropriationUnauthorized claiming or allocation
- expenditureMoney paid out
- fundsAvailable financial resources
capital · investment · revenue · deficit · surplus · treasury · endowment · subsidy · grant · financial
delegate
Entrust authority to another
- taskWork to be done
- responsibilityState of being answerable
- dutyRequired moral task
role · designate · job · obligation · function · charge · appointment · detail · deploy · reassign
supply
Furnish or stock
stockpile · provision · scarcity · bandwidth · capacity · utilization · pool · shortage · surplus · availability
memory
Mind's retention capacity
- storageSpace for keeping goods
- processorComponent that executes instructions
- bandwidthData transmission capacity
heap · buffer · cache · pointer · stack · dynamic · static · address · block · segment
optimization
Maximizing efficiency or performance
- prioritizationRanking by importance
- decision-makingProcess of choosing actions
- logisticsCoordination of complex activities
forecasting · analysis · trade-off · efficiency · cost-benefit · modeling · rebalancing · dynamic · adaptive · maximize
- organizecategorize, classify, sort, arrange, group
- dividing and givingdistribute, divide, give, share, portion out
- leadership verbslead, command, direct, manage, supervise
- transfer verbsgive, pass, send, share, hand
- portioningportion, divide, share, distribute, allot
- accounting verbsaudit, balance, budget, credit, debit
- asset allocationDistributing investments strategically
- budget allocationPlanned distribution of funds
- time allocationDistributing hours among tasks
- resource allocationAssigning available means strategically
allocation, allocated, allocations, allocating, allocates, reallocate, reallocation, allocator, unallocated