allocate

/ˈæləkeɪt/ verb [T]

Translation

› to give some time, money, space, etc to be used for a particular purpose

ayırmak, pay ayırmak, vermek, tahsis etmek

The government has promised to allocate extra money for health care. More police time should be allocated to crime prevention.794

(Definition of allocate verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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