ETYM Late Lat. allocatus, p. p. of allocare, from Latin ad + locare to place. Related to Allow.
To distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose; SYN. apportion.
1. Attribuer.
2. Accorder.
1. Allouer.
2. Donner.
3. Conférer. Attribuer un prix.
4. (Pron.) S'approprier. S'attribuer tous les mérites.
To reserve a resource, such as sufficient memory, for use by a program. Compare deallocate.