different between allocate vs award

English

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin allocare, from ad- (“to”) + locus (“place”), plus Latinate English suffix +? -ate. Compare allocable, without the -ate.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ?l'?-k?t, IPA^(key): /?æl.?.ke?t/

Verb

allocate (third-person singular simple present allocates, present participle allocating, simple past and past participle allocated)

1. To set aside for a purpose.
2. To distribute according to a plan, generally followed by the adposition to.

   The bulk of K–12 education funds are allocated to school districts that in turn pay for the cost of operating schools.

3. (computing) To reserve a portion of memory for use by a computer program.

Synonyms

• (set aside for a purpose): appropriate, earmark; see also Thesaurus:set apart

Antonyms

• (reserve a section of memory): free, deallocate

Related terms

• allocable

Translations

Italian

Verb

allocate

1. second-person plural present indicative of allocare
2. second-person plural imperative of allocare
3. feminine plural of allocato

Latin

Verb

alloc?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of alloc?

English

Etymology

From Middle English awarden, from Anglo-Norman awarder, from Medieval Latin *exwardare, from Latin ex (“out”) + Medieval Latin wardare, guardare (“to observe, regard, guard”); see ward, guard, regard.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??w??d/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??w??d/
• Rhymes: -??(?)d

Noun

award (plural awards)

1. (law) A judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted.
2. (law) The paper containing the decision of arbitrators; that which is warded.
3. A trophy or medal; something that denotes an accomplishment, especially in a competition. A prize or honor based on merit.
4. (Australia, NZ, industrial relations) A negotiated minimum wage that is set for a particular trade or industry; an industrial award.

Derived terms

• Academy Award
• award ceremony
• book award
• Darwin Award

Translations

Verb

award (third-person singular simple present awards, present participle awarding, simple past and past participle awarded)

1. (transitive, law) To give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign or apportion, after careful regard to the nature of the case; to adjudge

   the arbitrators awarded damages to the complainant

   • To review / The wrongful sentence, and award a new.

2. (intransitive) To determine; to make or grant an award.
3. (transitive) To give (an award).

   Synonym: bestow

   Four or five of these medals are awarded every year.

4. (transitive) To give (a person) an award.

   He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Synonyms

• (make or grant an award): crown

Derived terms

• awardable
• awardee
• awarder
• awarding
• awardment
• reaward

Translations

Further reading

• award in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• award in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Warda, adraw