allocable

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈæləkəbəl/ UK /ˈæləkəbəl/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
capable of being allocated or assigned to a particular use

Only directly allocable costs are charged to each department's budget.

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Synonyms

1 adj · capable of being allocated... assignableallotabledistributableapportionable

Opposites

unallocable

Word family

Related forms allocate allocation allocator

Etymology

From allocate + -able; from Medieval Latin allocāre ('to allot'), from ad- ('to') + locāre ('to place'), from locus ('place').

allocāre Latin locus Latin

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# allocable

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈæləkəbəl/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈæləkəbəl/

## Meanings
1. capable of being allocated or assigned to a particular use

## Examples
- Only directly allocable costs are charged to each department's budget.

## Synonyms
- assignable
- allotable
- distributable
- apportionable

## Antonyms
- unallocable

## Related Forms
- allocate
- allocation
- allocator

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: allocāre
- Root: locus

## Etymology
From allocate + -able; from Medieval Latin allocāre ('to allot'), from ad- ('to') + locāre ('to place'), from locus ('place').

## AI Etymology
allocable comes from allocate + -able; from Medieval Latin allocāre ('to allot'), from ad- ('to') + locāre ('to place'), from locus ('place'). Morphologically, the word is transparent: -able is attached to the older base named in the history, so the modern form packages an inherited or borrowed stem inside a later English derivative. In modern use, the adjective sense is "capable of being allocated or assigned to a particular use", which keeps the etymology connected to the word's present dictionary value rather than treating it as a merely historical label. The wider word family includes related English forms such as allocate, allocation, allocator, showing how the same base continues to support neighboring English vocabulary. The principal historical forms in the chain include Latin allocāre, Latin locus, which anchor the explanation in named linguistic material.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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