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[al-uh-kayt] / ˈæl əˌkeɪt /


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That granular data allows decisionmakers to allocate resources and target outreach to the areas with the highest need.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

It is rare for companies to allocate more than 100% of an acquisition’s purchase price to goodwill, which isn’t amortized.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

It also made drastic changes to the formula used to allocate funds, with more money directed towards areas assessed as having higher levels of need and less ability to raise income locally through council tax.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

While the fund can be aggressive in making changes when called upon to do so, it’s also disciplined in following its quantitative process to select stocks, buy and sell them, and allocate its portfolio weighting.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026

These people whose job it was to allocate capital apparently didn’t even know how to manage their own.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

The sample budget that includes saving for retirement allocates 22% of gross income for housing.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

The program allocates $135 million to provide incentives, with participating automakers matching the funds.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026

Wall Street veterans were surprised that Aschenbrenner also was able to attract investment from Jane Street, a firm that rarely allocates capital to outside managers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

She allocates an hour a day for gaming which her boys enjoy, and then fills the rest of the time with playing, reading or writing.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

This central authority also allocates paper quotas, determines the number of books to be printed, and sets the prices at which all publications are to be sold.

From Area Handbook for Romania by Donald W. Bernier

Its lawsuit therefore takes a position not merely on local environmental harms, but on how responsibility for an international problem should be allocated among American companies, foreign companies and foreign nations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Whether their money is being appropriately allocated is another question, according to Colas.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

Not all the money from last year was allocated; roughly $30 million is being rolled over into the new funding round.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

He also promised that necessary funding will be allocated for the excavation.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

"We allocated one hundred grams for luxury items. There are some handwritten letters from Mark's family, a note from the President, and a USB drive filled with music from all ages."

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

Unhappy with the US-government run September 11th Victim Compensation Fund, Charles successfully pressured the authorities into allocating funds more fairly and to more people.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

Even a small discrepancy can require the account custodian to apply its own procedures for allocating any remaining amount.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026

As part of its digital infrastructure build-out in the country, Google said it is also allocating funds to new energy capacity, grid enhancements and energy affordability initiatives.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

By examining the organization of both biological brains and artificial neural networks, Imam and his colleagues found evidence that evolution may involve allocating a limited amount of brain space among competing wiring strategies.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026

The underlying reason why this transition was piecemeal is that food production systems evolved as a result of the accumulation of many separate decisions about allocating time and effort.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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