Reallocate

verb

verb ·4 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To allocate (a resource) to another person or purpose. transitive

    "Near-synonym: redistribute"

  2. 2
    allocate, distribute, or apportion anew wordnet
  3. 3
    To allocate again. transitive

    "Appending items one at a time is still a better deal than concatenation, which reallocates every time."

Synonyms

All synonyms
reapportionreapportionredistribute

Example

More examples

"I want to reallocate some of my money from stocks to bonds. (I want to sell some of my stocks and use the proceeds to buy bonds to replace them.)"

Etymology

From re- + allocate.

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