allocate
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Larger banks, meanwhile, could face competition from smaller banks if they can afford to allocate money away from regulatory compliance costs and toward more services.
From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026
SpaceX’s order book closed Wednesday and its bankers are in the process of deciding how to allocate the shares ahead of a planned listing Friday.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
Most IPOs allocate between 5% and 10% of shares to individual investors.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026
"Hopefully things will change now. Stormont can allocate more money for this type of thing."
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
The financial markets paid a lot of people extremely well for narrow expertise and a few people, poorly, for the big, global views you needed to have if you were to allocate capital across markets.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Vocabulary lists containing allocate
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