What's the difference between allocate and underspend?
Allocate
Definition:
(v. t.) To distribute or assign; to allot.
(v. t.) To localize.
Example Sentences:
(1) But because current donor contributions are not sufficient to cover the thousands of schools in need of security, I will ask in the commons debate that the UK government allocates more.
(2) Three motives are found for evaluating the quality of human life: allocation of scarce medical resources, facilitating clinical decision making, and assisting patients towards autonomous decision making.
(3) A total of 143 men who had recently had a myocardial infarction were randomly allocated to either a group receiving intensive rehabilitation or a control group, their outcome being examined after six months.
(4) A national plan is proposed for the equitable allocation of extrarenal organs, with particular reference to the liver.
(5) Expect growing localised tensions around specific watersheds between one ethnic group and another, between farmers and cities, and so forth, he warns: “Rather than India versus Pakistan, it’s Karnataka versus Tamil Nadu over the allocation of a river that is shared between those two states.” The Water Stress Index , produced by UK risk analysis firm Maplecroft, provides an indication where water-related conflicts might be most likely to occur.
(6) Sixty-four subjects were pair-matched for sex, age, weight and sitting systolic blood pressure, and were randomly allocated to receive one of two types of protein supplement: one containing proteins from meat, the other proteins from non-meat sources.
(7) Two hundred and three patients with endoscopically proven duodenal ulcers were randomly allocated to treatment with either rioprostil 600 micrograms nocte or ranitidine 300 mg nocte for 4 weeks in a prospective double-blind study.
(8) Comparison of the dsRNA profiles enabled each isolate to be allocated to 1 of 7 distinct dsRNA profile types.
(9) Since the regime was introduced, we have been undertaking work to ensure that senior manager responsibilities are properly allocated and understood in firms.
(10) Forty-one rats were allocated to one of 3 groups: group I (n = 13) were normally nourished rats which underwent partial hepatectomy, group II (n = 16) were semistarved rats which underwent partial hepatectomy, and group III (n = 12) were normally nourished rats which underwent sham operations.
(11) Bed allocation across surgical services was influenced by factors other than medical suitability.
(12) A model of the reproductive ecology of female dusky salamanders was used to investigate the allocation scheme that a female might use to maximize her reproductive success.
(13) Personal attendants (welfare assistants) could be allocated to each of the more severely handicapped children.
(14) The patients were randomly allocated into four groups.
(15) The follow-up period lasted 3 years, the allocation to drug treatment was randomized and double blind.
(16) Aboriginal people who live in the north-west and other parts of the state are deserved of your allocation, your allocation of the financial assistance grants, because we give it to West Australia to do that,” Scullion said.
(17) This information will be used to target prevention campaigns to high-risk populations, and to determine future allocations of health funds.
(18) A sample of physician-referred chronic insomniacs was randomly allocated to either progressive relaxation, stimulus control, paradoxical intention, placebo or no treatment conditions.
(19) The Londoners had already used up their allocated four "association trained" players with Frank Lampard, Ashley Cole, Ross Turnull and Daniel Sturridge, leaving Bertrand ineligible.
(20) Twenty-two of the studies included random assignment of subjects to various groups, and the remaining 22 investigations used some nonrandom method to determine subject allocation.
Underspend
Definition:
(v. t.) To spend less than.
Example Sentences:
(1) The Treasury has also earmarked £3bn in "underspends" by departments that have cut more rapidly than planned, to be put to use.
(2) We’re really pleased that our internal efficiencies we don’t have to cut the money going to arts organisations.” Jane Martinson Justice The latest round of savings imposed on the Ministry of Justice, amounting to £249m off the annual budget, is likely to come from delaying capital projects and underspends in legal aid.
(3) Smith was also put up earlier in the day to defend the U-turn on Channel 4 News and she came under pressure to identify the departments from where the underspends would be found.
(4) The Lib Dems say they have had to fight hard to persuade the chancellor to sign up to the bank, which will be funded from "underspends" by Whitehall departments.
(5) "While sticking to the austerity plan there was room for more capital spending," Cridland said, "not least because of the levels of underspending.
(6) He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme thar areas of departmental "underspends" were being identified along with areas where project deadlines have slipped.
(7) "We also need know what they will do if there is a significant underspend on the assistance scheme.
(8) The Treasury line is that the savings can be made from good housekeeping, with departments being pressed to continue underspending their budgets.
(9) But a department spokesman said that although the government was abolishing the End Year Flexibility (EYF) system at the end of March 2011, this did not apply to underspends in the NHS, and the trust was therefore wrong.
(10) If there's zero underspend in 2013-14 it shows how difficult providers and commissioners are finding it to deliver their financial targets."
(11) An analysis showed BBC Online spent £103m versus a budget of £109m in the year ended 31 March 2013, a 5.6% underspend.
(12) The U-turn led to a disastrous appearance on the BBC's Newsnight from then-Treasury minister Chloe Smith, who was unable to explain which departments would contribute to an underspend that would pay for the change.
(13) But so far applications are really low and the scheme may gift an underspend back to the Treasury.
(14) BBC chief operating officer Caroline Thomson, speaking before the House of Lords communications committee today, said: "We think there will be an underspend.
(15) How can you possibly have as a number one priority cutting the deficit when you choose to spend an underspend in funding a tax cut, or failure to implement a tax rise which was scheduled?"
(16) The MoD will benefit from what the prime minister's spokesman described as "exceptional flexibility", allowing £1.6bn of its underspend to be "rolled over" into 2013-14 and 2014-15.
(17) Smith told presenter Jeremy Paxman that the freeze, which will cost £550m and reverses an increase planned for August, would be funded by underspends in government departments, but she refused to say which ones.
(18) Smith looked hesitant as she explained that the £550m cost of deferring the fuel duty would be paid for by £4bn of underspends in Whitehall departments last year.
(19) The Welsh government also lost a £200m underspend last year, which was taken back by the Treasury.
(20) On the public funding being made available, Alexander said: "Part of my job as chief secretary is to look at departmental budgets around government to identify areas where there are underspends or where projects haven't come to fruition on the right time scale.