Definition of "allocator" []

• One who, or that which, allocates. (noun)

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• "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."