allocate

t. [Lat. ad = to, and loco = to place; locus = a place.] 1. Ordinary Lang . To locate or place one thing to another; to a ign, to set aside; to place to one's account. "Upon which discovery the court is empowered to seize upon and allocate for the immediate maintenance of such children a sum not exceeding a third of the whole fortune."- Burke : Popery Laws. (Richardson.) 2. In the Exchequer: To make an allowance on an exchequer account. 3. To fix the proportion due by each landholder in an augmentation of a minister's stipend. ( Scotch .) (Erskine's Institutes, IL, ii. 10.) al-lo-ca-těd, pa. par. [ALLOCATE.] al-lo-ca-ting, pr. par. [ALLOCATE.]