allocator

IPA: ˈæɫʌkeɪtɝ

One who, or that which, allocates.
(computing) A utility that allocates and deallocates a dynamic resource (usually memory).

Examples of "allocator" in Sentences

And historically, it's been a well-run business and an excellent capital allocator.
Wood, ever the deft and polite time allocator, diverted his attentions towards Schneider.
The concensus seems to be that we don't want to simply accept the market as the allocator of health care.
The company is also a prudent capital allocator, and has been in the midst of a big share buy-back program.
Now keep in mind that a key premise of capitalism is that the market is a more efficient allocator of resources than the government.
The allocator is a strange beast, having no self interest of its own, but begin able to read exactly what the self-interest of all individuals in the collective are.
In the '86 case, those principles were that "people with equal incomes should pay equal taxes," and that "the market is a more efficient allocator of resources than the Finance or Ways and Means Committee."
Your Nov. 16 editorial "The President's Venture Capitalist" describes the Department of Energy's green-energy loan program as another example of Washington's assumption that it is a better allocator of the nation's resources than are private investors.
"Are we prepared to take all the chips off the table, have assets decrease by over $300 million and our overall fees reduced by $1.6 million or more, and, one wonders if we ever 'escape' the legal issue of being the asset allocator and introducer, even if we terminate all Madoff related relationships?"