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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   One who, or that which, allocates.
2. 2
   a person with authority to allot or deal out or apportion wordnet
3. 3
   A utility that allocates and deallocates a dynamic resource (usually memory).

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Etymology

From allocate + -or.

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