单词 | allocate |
释义 | allocaten. Now historical. A writ authorizing the Exchequer to set off a particular sum paid to a third party or owed by the king to the debtor against money or moneys owed to the king for which the person has to account at the Exchequer. Originally in the fuller form †writ allocate; now usually as writ of allocate. Cf. liberate n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > grants and allowances > [noun] > allowance allocate1438 allowance1440 liveringa1500 lowing1533 allocation1535 aliment1563 allowment1646 allowance money1700 appointmenta1715 society > law > legal document > types of legal or official document > [noun] > document giving legal authority > specific brevea1400 letter of procuracya1425 procuracy1425 letter of attorney1432 allocate1438 procurationc1450 proxyc1460 warrant of attorney1512 letters of procuration1574 promotorial letters?c1633 factory1703 power of agency1710 power of attorney1716 inspectorship deed1861 letter of business1862 1438 in H. Nicolas Proc. & Ordinances Privy Council (1835) V. 107 (MED) An annuitee..and youre writtes liberate and allocate, currant and dormant, for allowance of payement of the same. 1474–5 Rolls of Parl.: Edward IV (Electronic ed.) Parl. Oct. 1472 3rd Roll §15. m. 26 Withoute any maner of writtes called liberate or allocate. 1641 Perfect & Exact Direct. Fees of Courts 131 For the inrollment of every liberate and allocate, 3.s.4.d. 1711 T. Madox Hist. & Antiq. Exchequer xxiii. 676 The Bailiffs of Windsore had a Dormant Writ of Allocate, for xxvj s, which they paid yearly to the Canons of Saresbury. 1721 J. Strype Eccl. Memorials II. ii. xxx. 503 An Allocate for the Duke of Suffolk for 40 Pounds a Year, given him by the King [in 1553].., directed to the Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer, for Allowance of the same 40 Pounds per Annum. 1883 J. Redington Cal. Treasury Papers, 1714–19 245 He may make an application to the Exchequer for an Allocate and a Liberate. 1907 J. C. O'Hanlon & E. O'Leary Hist. Queen's County I. iv. vi. 389 There is extant an allocate to the Barons of the Court of Exchequer, Dublin, to allow in the account of [etc.]. 1921 L. Ehrlich Proc. against Crown i. 32 in Oxf. Stud. Social & Legal Hist. 6 A party who had a claim against the king could either set off that claim while accounting at the exchequer, or..get a writ of allocate directed to the barons. 1985 E. W. Moore Fairs Medieval Eng. 124 A confident writ of allocate commanding the keeper of the bishopric of Winchester to provide some 2200 marks for purchases to be made at the fair of St. Giles in 1260. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † allocateadj. Scottish. Obsolete. As past participle: allocated. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > [adjective] > assigned or allotted admeasured1340 assignedc1374 allocate1533 allotted?1567 lotted1567 allocated?1713 warded1894 1533 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 148 The said sowmes [payable] to be allocat in thair nixt first grissumes. 1567 in A. J. Warden Dundee Burgh Laws (1872) 372 The haill printies fie..salbe contit, kint, allocat, allowit, and stand for the said printeis meat, drink, and burding. c1600 in J. Kirk Bks. Assumption Thirds of Benefices (1995) 413 Fyve chalder beir, of the quhilk is allocat and assignit to Maister Thomas Stewart tua chalder yierlie. 1649 in D. C. MacTavish Minutes Synod of Argyll (1943) I. 232 The haill teynds of the bishops quarter thereof being allocat to the minister primo loco. 1717 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) II. 336 The stipend..mortified or legally allocate for this. 1742 Scots Mag. May 223/1 The present funds..may..be allocate by these Synods and Presbyteries, to the children only within their bounds, who are [etc.]. 1860 Jurist 15 Sept. 341/1 (advt.) The Life Association of Scotland has adopted a new scheme of ‘unconditional assurance’... Entrants to the profit class on or before the 5th December next will secure one year's bonus more than will be allocate to later entrants. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2021). allocatev.ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > keep accounts [verb (transitive)] > enter in an account > other book-keeping procedures control1422 avouch1539 allocate1551 respond1588 score1592 carry1652 post1707 to carry forward1721 off-reckon1721 O. Ni.a1726 to carry over1745 rule1845 to write down1876 to close off188. qualify1884 accrue1915 net1947 gross1954 strip1980 1551–2 in Coll. Malone Soc. (1923) II. ii. 155 Itm to Sr Allington wt he laid out for ye showe alloc' ijs viijd. 1560–1 in Coll. Malone Soc. (1923) II. ii. 160 It' paid to Mr Abythell for Sr perkinsone his shewe allocat' by ye seniours iiijs iiijd. 1572–3 in Coll. Malone Soc. (1923) II. ii. 168 Charges of plaies. Mr. ffarrandes Bill allocated vli xiijs ijd. 2. a. (a) transitive. Frequently with to. To set aside or designate as being the special share or responsibility of a particular person, department, etc., or as being required for a particular purpose; to apportion, allot. Also: to make a distribution or apportionment of (something) among several recipients, responsible parties, etc.Apparently chiefly Scottish in early use. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > distribute or deal out [verb (transitive)] > assign or allot > to a person as his share britOE dealc1400 lotc1400 allow?c1450 allot1473 proportion1581 apportion1587 portion1587 share1596 allocate1616 locate1816 society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > ordain, prescribe, or appoint > to a specific purpose appropre1340 ordaina1393 appoint1526 allot1534 appropriate1605 affect1611 allocate1616 prescribe1616 1616 R. Gostwick Anatomie Ananias 88 Men were to allocate the third part of their estate to the ministration of the Tabernacle. 1641 in J. Nicholson Minute Bk. War Comm. Covenanters Kirkcudbright 1 Jan. (1855) 157 To allot and allocate to thame and ilk ane of thame..ane competent localitie. 1685 W. Clark Grand Tryal ii. xv. 107 [They] by their Prudence did so moderate And mannage that, which God had allocate To them for their inheritance. 1714 J. Ayliffe Antient & Present State Univ. Oxf. I. ii. 256 An Estate of fifty Shillings per ann. was purchased, 26 Shillings and 8 Pence of which was allocated to one of the Fellows in holy Orders. 1733 P. Lindsay Interest Scotl. 23 This Meeting may then appoint and allocate such a Proportion of the Poors Money. 1811 Belfast Monthly Mag. Apr. 334/1 France is..setting herself the example of allocating 80,000 acres of her territory for the cultivation of beet root-sugar and the woad indigo. 1856 T. De Quincey Confessions Eng. Opium-eater (rev. ed.) in Select. Grave & Gay V. 68 That very sum which..the Manchester Grammar School allocated to every student. 1872 E. W. Robertson Hist. Ess. 251 A system of allocating the public revenues amongst wealthy capitalists. 1905 H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church i. Introd. Note 22 As early as 1496 it was customary for certain parishioners to have pews allocated to them. 1957 C. F. Rawnsley & R. Wright Night Fighter i. 19 I had been allocated to the youngest pilot in the squadron. 1992 Unesco Courier Mar. 6/1 UNESCO's regular budget for 1984–85 amounts to $374 million..of which 38% is allocated to education. 2008 Art Q. Spring 67/4 Tickets are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. (b) transitive. With double object. ΚΠ 1836 T. C. Haliburton Judge Haliburton's Yankee Stories xxv. 134 I'd make a fair division of the house with her,..I'd take the inside and allocate her the outside of it pretty quick. 1841 J. Baillie Rep. Proc. Gen. Assembly Church of Scotl. 335 The presbytery of St Andrews..refused to allocate him a parish. 1895 Library 7 156 The rooms have been fitted up with the patent Bureau Stack Shelving, and each publisher is allocated a certain amount of space. 1958 Ocala (Florida) Star-Banner 7 Mar. 3/3 The speaker has allocated us a nice room. 1991 Which? Aug. 424/2 Like any other tour operator, Air Miles is allocated a limited number of economy class seats for each flight. 2004 Church Times 2 Apr. 36/5 Koopman allocates her the least to do. b. transitive. Chiefly with to. To assign (a person) to a particular location, duty, task, etc. ΚΠ 1681 J. Bairdy Balm from Gilead 38 The Magistrate may, in an extraordinary case, put forth himself lawfully..to allocate Ministers to certain places. 1783 C. Vallancey Collectanea de Rebus Hibernicis (1786) III. xii. 487 It is also, probable, that a certain order of the church, were allocated to this office. 1849 J. Weale Rudim. Dict. Terms Archit. i. 70/2 Men are especially allocated for this operation, and are named ‘cabblers’. 1884 Parl. Deb. 3rd. Ser. 291 1742 He was allocated to Wexford to fill a vacancy at that station in ordinary course. 1940 Manch. Guardian 10 Jan. 6/1 A Quaker who asked the Lancashire C.O. Tribunal yesterday to allocate him to the R.A.M.C. was told by the chairman that his case was one of the proper functioning of conscience. 2009 A. Bano Shades iii. 13 Great, I've been allocated to help you organise the fashion show. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > [verb (transitive)] > fix in or restrict to a particular place allocate1660 locate1701 localize1798 1660 E. Warcupp tr. F. Schottus Italy 38 It was built out of the Ruines of Adria, whence tis not allocated above a mile. 1838 J. D'Alton Hist. County Dublin 19 At its [sc. the river's] southern side, and thence to the sea, the Cauci are allocated. 1849 Aid to Distressed Unions W. Ireland 91 in Parl. Papers XLVIII The facilities of fishing, and manure from seaweed, caused thousands of families to be allocated near the shores. 1881 Nature 28 July 298 We can allocate the absorption of the hydrogen, magnesium, and so on; we can see where they are absorbing. ΚΠ 1842 T. De Quincey Let. in ‘H. A. Page’ T. De Quincey: Life & Writings (1877) I. xv. 332 Lasswade, to which nominally we allocate ourselves. 1855 Househ. Words 21 July 584/2 A sort of beard..which, having first allocated himself to a rock by his hinge end, he [sc. a mollusc] throws out, like a fly-fisher. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1438adj.1533v.1551 |
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