reallocate

[al-uh-keyt]

al·lo·cate

[al-uh-keyt]
verb (used with object), al·lo·cat·ed, al·lo·cat·ing.
1.
to set apart for a particular purpose; assign or allot: to allocate funds for new projects.
2.
to fix the place of; locate.

Origin:
1630–40; < Medieval Latin allocātus (past participle of allocāre), equivalent to al- al- + loc(us) place + -ātus -ate1

al·lo·ca·tor, noun
de·al·lo·cate, verb (used with object), de·al·lo·cat·ed, de·al·lo·cat·ing.
re·al·lo·cate, verb (used with object), re·al·lo·cat·ed, re·al·lo·cat·ing.
un·al·lo·cat·ed, adjective


1. See assign.

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reallocate (riːˈæləkeɪt)
 
vb
to assign or allot to a different purpose or person from the one originally intended
 
reallo'cation
 
n

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