allocate
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SpaceX’s order book closed yesterday, and its bankers are deciding how to allocate shares before the planned listing tomorrow.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
You’ve developed a thoughtful retirement plan that takes into account both the amount of money you’ll need and how to allocate it across investments and liquid income sources.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026
That’s a significant portion of the offering, and a departure from most IPOs, which typically allocate only about 5% to 10% of shares to individual investors, according to Fidelity’s website.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
"Hopefully things will change now. Stormont can allocate more money for this type of thing."
From BBC • Jun. 3, 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
Vocabulary lists containing allocate
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