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Bequeath vs Allocated - What's the difference?

bequeath | allocated |

As verbs the difference between bequeath and allocated

is that bequeath is (legal) to give or leave by will; to give by testament while allocated is (allocate).

bequeath

English

Verb

  • (legal) To give or leave by will; to give by testament.
  • To hand down; to transmit.
  • To give; to offer; to commit.
  • Usage notes

    * (give or leave by will) The verb is usually used of personal property; for real property, the term devise is preferred.

    allocated

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (allocate)

  • 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