Please go to our new website for new podcasts: www.BusinessEnglishPod.com Allocate (Verb) [T] |ˈaləˌkāt| Definition: To decide officially that a particular amount of money, time, etc. should be used for a particular purpose. Examples: DuPont has allocated funds to build four new plants in Asia. We need to allocate more resources to this project to meet the deadline. Derivatives: – our budget allocation has been cut (noun)
