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allocate

verb/ˈæləkeɪt/

B1CEFR level
30/100Rarity: fairly common
TechnicalRegister

To assign a whole cost to a single cost centre or cost object.

The supervisor's salary was allocated in full to the department she ran, rather than spread across several.

Similar: assign, apportion

Topic: Accounting in Business English

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