allocate

allocate (something) among (someone or something)

To give or portion something to several people or organizations. We allocate money among charitable donations every year. Oh, I already allocated that project among Jane, Paul, and Will. We'll allocate some time among all these topics in the meeting, don't worry.

See also: allocate, among

allocate (something) between (someone or something)

To give or portion something to several people or organizations. We allocate money between charitable donations every year. Oh, I already allocated that project between Jane and Paul. We'll allocate some time between budgeting and strategizing in the meeting, don't worry.

See also: allocate, between

allocate (something) to (someone or something)

To give or portion something to a person or organization. We allocate money to charitable donations every year. Oh, I already allocated that project to Jane. We'll allot some time in the meeting to this topic, don't worry.

See also: allocate, to

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allocate something to someone or something

 and allocate something between someone or something; allocate something among someone or something

to give or assign something to someone or something. (Between with two, among with three or more.) The committee allocated the surplus cheese to the elderly people in the community. David allocated the money among all the members. He allocated the work between Fred and George. We had to allocate the money between the philanthropy and social committees.

See also: allocate, to

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