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If I'm dealing out playing cards, I distribute them. That is, I give the same number to each player without paying attention to what the cards ... Forums Dictionarysearch:  English-Spanish English-French English-Italian English-German English-Dutch English-Russian English-Portuguese English-Polish English-Romanian English-Swedish English-Czech English-Greek English-Turkish English-Chinese English-Japanese English-Korean English-Arabic Spanish-English French-English Italian-English German-English Dutch-English Russian-English Portuguese-English Polish-English Romanian-English Swedish-English Czech-English Greek-English Turkish-English Chinese-English Japanese-English Korean-English Arabic-English Spanish-French Spanish-Portuguese Spanish-Catalan French-Spanish Portuguese-Spanish Englishdefinition Englishsynonyms Englishcollocations Englishusage Italiandefinition Spanishdefinition Spanishsynonyms Catalandefinition Spanish French Italian Login Register What'snew Search Rules/Help/FAQ Members InterfaceLanguage Menu Login Register Installtheapp Install EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Youareusinganoutofdatebrowser.Itmaynotdisplaythisorotherwebsitescorrectly.Youshouldupgradeoruseanalternativebrowser. distributevsallocate Threadstarter Benpan Startdate Sep28,2016 B Benpan SeniorMember chinese Idonotknowhowtodistributemytimetodifferenttasks.(self-made) Itseemstome"distribute"isaboutgivingresourcestodifferentpeople.Soitisnotgoodtosaydistributeone'stime.Ididnotfindtheexpressionslike"distributemytime"throughGoogle.IfIcanuse"allocate"intheabove-mentionedcontext,thencananyoneteachmeaboutthedifferencebetween"distribute"and"allocate"?   KeithBradford SeniorMember Brittany,NWFrance English(MidlandsUK) IfI'mdealingoutplayingcards,Idistributethem.Thatis,Igivethesamenumbertoeachplayerwithoutpayingattentiontowhatthecardsare. IfI'mgivingmoneytoseveralcharities,Iallocateit.ImakeacarefulchoiceofwhichcharitiesandhowmuchIgivetoeach.   B Benpan SeniorMember chinese Yourpostisveryhelpful.ButIstillhavesomedoubts.Whataboutinthecontextofdistributionofsocialresources?Manypeoplemightassume thatthedistributionofresourcesmustberelatedto,ifnotbasedonorcompletelydecidedbydeserts. CanIunderstandtheirdifferenceinthisway:distributionmightinvolvecarefulselection,butmostprobablyitisconductedthroughajustsystem,apublicinstitutionwhichisbasedonsomerule?   KeithBradford SeniorMember Brittany,NWFrance English(MidlandsUK) I'vereconsideredmyfirstreply.Ithinkthatallocationistheprocessofdecidinghowtodivideupresources,distributionisactuallygivingthemout.   B Benpan SeniorMember chinese Thankyouverymuch!   Packard SeniorMember USA,English KeithBradfordsaid: I'vereconsideredmyfirstreply.Ithinkthatallocationistheprocessofdecidinghowtodivideupresources,distributionisactuallygivingthemout. Clicktoexpand... IammuchhappierwiththisdefinitionandIcompletelyagree.ThoughIlikethecardimageryquiteabit.   Youmustloginorregistertoreplyhere. Share: Facebook Twitter Reddit WhatsApp Email Share Link EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Top