Allocate and Ration

Allocate

Allocate verb - To give as a share or portion.
Usage example: not enough computers to allocate one to every student

Ration is a synonym for allocate. In some cases you can use "Ration" instead a verb "Allocate".

Ration

Ration verb - To give as a share or portion.
Usage example: the region has had to ration water during times of drought

Allocate is a synonym for ration in distribute topic. You can use "Allocate" instead a verb "Ration", if it concerns topics such as divide something into portions.

Common collocations

resources allocate resources ration resources
money allocate money ration money
items allocate items ration items
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