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allocable

allocable

1 7.9
Can be given to a particular project or purpose, like a cost
  • adjective
  • /ˈæləkəbl/
translation icon : asignable
  • If the "innocent" spouse cannot qualify for full or allocable relief, the IRS still may relieve the spouse of all or part of the joint tax obligation if, considering all facts and circumstances, it would be inequitable to hold the spouse liable.

Examples

  • Next, the review team will focus on the other costs (e.g., indirect costs and allocable costs) claimed by applicants.

    Blog text (17)

  • Decisions about how to upgrade the educational system depend on the government's policy objectives and its allocable resources.

    Academic text (1992)

  • The company pays and records as a component of property, plant, and equipment its allocable share of the cost of fiber and construction incurred by Time Warner Cable, Inc., Comcast Corporation, and the Bright House Networks, LLC affiliate on routes where the parties are in joint construction.

    Blog text (24)

  • This double dipping could be prevented by the United States requiring allocable interest to be booked in the United States in order to receive a deduction (in effect, changing the interest allocation rule into a limit on interest deductions).

    Blog text (7)

  • In United States v. R.W. Meyer, Inc., 241 before the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, the defendants argued that certain categories of costs alleged by the government, such as indirect costs, were not recoverable because they were not demonstrably allocable to the site cleanup at issue.

    Academic text (1990)

  • The budget allocable to the marketing department includes all expenses for advertising campaigns.

  • The organization needs to determine the allocable amount of funds for each project to ensure proper distribution.

  • All expenses must be tracked carefully to identify which costs are allocable to the specified program.

Synonyms

assignable
vsallocable
1 4.2

Can be given to a person or team to do

is used to give costs or resources for a purpose or category
allocatable
vsallocable
6.4

A resource you can give to a person or project to use

has identical meaning but is a different word form
apportionable
vsallocable
8.2

Able to be divided and shared among people or groups according to a plan

is about giving to a particular purpose or category rather than proportional division
distributable
vsallocable
3.8

Can be shared or handed out to other people

is limited to giving costs or resources to a specific purpose or category

How Allocated

committed
79 4.0
allocable
1 7.9
unallocated
1 5.6
available
∞ 2.3

Surface Forms

allocable positive

Morphology

allocable = allocate (transparent) = allocate + able

Regular derivation from 'allocate' with the adjectival suffix '-able'; the orthographic change (dropping the final -ate) is predictable and does not obscure meaning.

Etymology

Allocable comes from the same root as allocate and location, and the root loc- means 'to place'. With the ending -able meaning 'can be done', allocable is something that 'can be placed' or 'assigned' to a particular purpose or project.