allocate

reservar, destinar

Apartar dinero, tiempo u otros recursos para un fin concreto.

En inglés sencillo: To keep money, time, or other resources for a particular purpose.

• We must allocate time for training.
• The council allocated money for repairs.
• How much space should we allocate for storage?

Cómo se usa: allocate something for something (They allocated extra money for equipment.)

Sinónimos: set aside, earmark, reserve

Expresiones frecuentes: allocate funds, allocate time, allocate resources

distribuir, asignar

Repartir dinero, trabajo u otros recursos entre personas o grupos según un plan.

En inglés sencillo: To give planned shares of money, work, or other resources to particular people or groups.

• We allocate tasks to each team.
• The grants were allocated to local schools.
• Who allocates rooms to new students?

Cómo se usa: allocate something to someone/something (The manager allocated two assistants to our department.)

Sinónimos: distribute, assign, apportion

Expresiones frecuentes: allocate tasks, allocate funds, allocate something to someone