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allocative

allocative adjective: synonym of allocational (“of or pertaining to the allocation of resources”).

Adjective

allocative (not comparable)

  1. (uncommon) Synonym of allocational (“of or pertaining to the allocation of resources”).
    • [...] and Britain has recently experienced the emergence or increased importance of new types of allocative controllers in both the financial and management worlds. Property developers, unit trusts and the new group of financial entrepreneurs, ...1974, Philip Stanworth, Anthony Giddens, Elites and Power in British Society, CUP Archive, →ISBN, page 115
    Synonyms:
    allocational

Synonyms of allocative

Origin of allocative

From allocate + -ive.

Words formed from allocative

Questions about allocative

What does allocative mean?
Allocative means synonym of allocational (“of or pertaining to the allocation of resources”).
What part of speech is allocative?
Allocative is an adjective.

Words near allocative in the dictionary

  1. allocation unit
  2. allocation units
  3. allocational
  4. allocationally
  5. allocations
  6. allocative
  7. allocatively
  8. allocator
  9. allocators
  10. allocatur
  11. allocaturs

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