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   Al·lo·cate

   /ˈaləˌkāt/

   

   verb

   • 1. distribute (resources or duties) for a particular purpose: "the authorities allocated 50,000 places to refugees"

   Word Origin mid 16th century (in obsolete sense ‘authorize payment for’): from medieval Latin allocat-, from the verb allocare ‘place, allow, credit’, from Latin ad- ‘to’ + locare (see locate).

   Derivatives

   • 1. allocable adjective
   • 2. allocator noun

   Scrabble Points: 10

   • A

     1

   • L

     1

   • L

     1

   • O

     1

   • C

     3

   • A

     1

   • T

     1

   • E

     1

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