Allocator

Definition: Allocator

Allocator

Noun

1. A person with authority to allot or deal out or apportion.

Synonym: Allocator

Synonym: distributor (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Allocator

Specialty definitions using "allocator": blit ♦ FLOOR-SPACE ALLOCATOR ♦ malloc. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Allocator

Domain	Title
Periodicals	Expert Allocator - Diskette (reference) (more periodical examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Allocator

Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	Vietnam	Vietnam' financial system is in the early stages of reform and is not yet an efficient allocator of financial resources. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Allocator

"Allocator" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Allocator" is used about 15 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	15	90,616

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Allocator

Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "allocator": resource-allocator.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Allocator

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
allocator asset	10
account allocator failed identifier initialize properly	3
allocator	3
allocator heap memory multi	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Allocator

Language		Translations for "allocator"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		分配者. (various references)

Farsi		تخصیص دهنده . (various references)

German		Zuteiler, Verteiler (coil distributor, contributor, current distributor, dealer, delivery manifold, dispatcher, dispenser, distributaries, distributing board, distribution box, distribution chamber, distribution list, distributor, distributors, divider, igniter, ignition distributor, manifold, mechanical feeder, secondary canals, spinner, spreader, terminal block, timer). (various references)

Pig Latin		allocatoray

Russian		распределитель (intersperse). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Allocator

Derivations
	Words beginning with "allocator": allocators. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Allocator"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "allocator" (pronounced a"lukā'ter)
6	-l u k ā' t er	applicator.
5	-u k ā' t er	communicator, educator, indicator.
4	-k ā' t er	fabricator, locator, syndicator.
3	-ā' t er	accelerator, accumulator, activator, actuator, administrator, agitator, alligator, alternator, animator, appropriator, arbitrator, aviator, calculator, carburetor, cogenerator, collaborator, commentator, conciliator, consolidator, coordinator, decorator, defibrillator, demonstrator, denominator, detonator, elevator, escalator, evaporator, excavator, exterminator, facilitator, generator, gladiator, illuminator, illustrator, imitator, incinerator, incubator, infiltrator, innovator, instigator, insulator, integrator, interrogator, investigator, irrigator, legislator, liquidator, litigator, manipulator, mediator, Moderator, modulator, navigator, negotiator, operator, originator, oscillator, percolator, perpetrator, radiator, refrigerator, regulator, renovator, respirator, simulator, speculator, stimulator, Terminator, ventilator, violator.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Allocator

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-c-l-l-o-o-r-t"
	-1 letter: collator.
	-2 letters: corolla, locator.
	-3 letters: aortal, catalo, collar.
	-4 letters: actor, allot, altar, aorta, artal, atoll, calla, carat, carol, claro, cloot, coala, color, coral, craal, local, loral, octal, ratal, talar, taroc, tolar, troll.
	-5 letters: acta, alar, alto, arco, call, calo, carl, cart, clot, coal, coat, cola, colt, cool, coot, loca, loco, loot, lota, olla, oral, orca.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-c-l-l-o-o-r-t"
	+1 letter: allocators.
	+2 letters: collaborate.
	+3 letters: astrological, collaborated, collaborates, collaborator, oratorically, reallocation.
	+4 letters: collaborating, collaboration, collaborative, collaborators, correlational, ochlocratical, reallocations, teratological.
	+5 letters: apotropaically, astrologically, astronomically, collaborations, collaboratives, dermatological, narratological, nomenclatorial, organometallic, primatological.
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