verb🔗ShareAttribuer, affecterTo set aside for a purpose."The school allocated $500 for new books in the library. "L'école a attribué 500 $ pour de nouveaux livres dans la bibliothèque.businessfinanceeconomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareAttribuer, affecterTo distribute according to a plan, generally followed by the adposition to."The bulk of K–12 education funds are allocated to school districts that in turn pay for the cost of operating schools."L'essentiel des fonds pour l'enseignement de la maternelle à la 12e année est attribué aux districts scolaires qui, à leur tour, paient les frais de fonctionnement des écoles.businesseconomyfinanceplanChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareAllouer, attribuerTo reserve a portion of memory for use by a computer program."The computer program allocated 2 gigabytes of memory to store the large image file. "Le programme informatique a alloué 2 gigaoctets de mémoire pour stocker le fichier image volumineux.computingtechnologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareAttribué, affectéHaving been granted an allocation; having received (something) as part of a plan or scheduled disbursement; having been assigned (something) that was set aside for a particular purpose."The allocated budget for the school trip was $50 per student. "Le budget affecté pour le voyage scolaire était de 50 dollars par élève.businessfinanceeconomyorganizationplanChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading