Allocate vs Outlay - What's the difference?
allocate | outlay |
To set aside for a purpose
To distribute according to a plan, generally followed by the adposition "to"
(computing) To declare a section of the memory to be used by the program.
A laying out or expending; that which is laid out or expended.
The spending of money, or an expenditure.
(archaic) A remote haunt or habitation.
To lay or spread out; expose; display.
To spend, or distribute money.
As verbs the difference between allocate and outlay
is that allocate is to set aside for a purpose while outlay is to lay or spread out; expose; display.As a noun outlay is
a laying out or expending; that which is laid out or expended.allocate
English
Verb
(allocat)- The bulk of K–12 education funds are allocated to school districts that in turn pay for the cost of operating schools.
Antonyms
* (declare a section of memory) free, deallocateoutlay
English
Noun
(-)- Without too much outlay you could buy a dictionary.
- I know her and her haunts, Her lays, leaps, and outlays , and will discover all. ? Francis Beaumont.
Verb
- (Drayton)