allocative en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree English allocate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English allocative From allocate + -ive.
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(not-comparable, 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:
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it allocativo (pertaining to allocation) · pt alocativo (pertaining to allocation)