allocate
verbTo assign a share of a resource to a particular purpose.
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Clear all filtersTo assign a share of a resource to a particular purpose.
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Corresponding in size, degree, or value to something else.
A substantial difference or inequality.
Too large, small, or unequal in relation to something else.
Out of proper proportion
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A change that misrepresents or alters the true shape, meaning, or proportion of something.
Misrepresentation of meaning
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The allocation or spread of things among people, places, or categories.
Concerned with allocating or sharing things among members of a group.
Changing by a constant proportional factor over equal intervals, or relating to a quantity expressed with an exponent.
Involving a constant proportional factor
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A model that reduces the present value of a future outcome by the same proportional factor for each equal unit of delay.
A difference in amount, status, treatment, or opportunity between people or things.
Greater in amount or degree than is reasonable or expected.
Beyond reasonable limits
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Exaggerated, inflated, or more grandiose than the subject warrants.
Excessively inflated
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Giving disproportionately greater weight to an immediate outcome than to a later one.
Overweighting immediate outcomes
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Corresponding appropriately in size, amount, or degree to something else.
Corresponding in degree
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A smaller part formed by dividing a larger whole.
Excessive or not justified by the circumstances.
Excessive or unjustified
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