Definition of alocate

(The New York Times,...)

The Communist countries allocated more_than $ 1000000000 in economic aid alone last year , according to Western estimates .

(William Gomberg, "Unions and the Anti-Trust Laws"...)

Let us look_at the heavy-electrical-goods industry in_which General_Electric , Westinghouse and a_number_of other manufacturers were recently convicted of engaging in a conspiracy to rig prices and allocate the market .

The industry is so structured that price-setting by a multi-product company will vary with the way overhead charges are allocated - whether marginal or average pricing is applied .

(The Atlanta Constitution,...)

Actually it amounts to $ 1250000 above what the institution already is receiving , considering the additional half-million dollars Gov._Vandiver allocated last year from the state surplus .

(Peter Wyden, "The Chances of Accidental War"...)

In recent weeks , as a result of a sweeping defense_policy reappraisal by the Kennedy_Administration , basic United_States strategy has been modified - and large new sums allocated - to meet the accidental-war danger and to reduce it as quickly as possible .