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Allocate vs Outlay - What's the difference?

allocate | outlay |

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)
  • To set aside for a purpose
  • 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.
  • (computing) To declare a section of the memory to be used by the program.
  • Antonyms

    * (declare a section of memory) free, deallocate

    outlay

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • A laying out or expending; that which is laid out or expended.
  • The spending of money, or an expenditure.
  • Without too much outlay you could buy a dictionary.
  • (archaic) A remote haunt or habitation.
  • I know her and her haunts, Her lays, leaps, and outlays , and will discover all. ? Francis Beaumont.

    Verb

  • To lay or spread out; expose; display.
  • (Drayton)
  • To spend, or distribute money.