reallocate
verb
Pronunciation: /ˌriːˈæləkeɪt/
Definition
Distribute resources, funds, or tasks in a different way than they were previously assigned.
Examples
The company decided to reallocate staff from the marketing department to the sales team to boost revenue.
We need to reallocate our time to focus on the upcoming deadline instead of administrative paperwork.
Government officials plan to reallocate land for new housing developments in the city center.
How to Use reallocate
- reallocate [something] to [someone/something] (prepositional phrase)
- Moving an item to a new destination or recipient. — "They had to reallocate the extra budget to the research department."
- be reallocated from [source] to [destination] (prepositional phrase)
- Passive construction describing the movement of resources. — "The funds were reallocated from the travel budget to the equipment fund."
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