reallocate

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English allocate English reallocate From re- + allocate.

1. To allocate (a resource) to another person or purpose.

   “Near-synonym: redistribute”

   “I want to reallocate some of my money from stocks to bonds. (I want to sell some of my stocks and use the proceeds to buy bonds to replace them.)”

2. To allocate again.

   “Appending items one at a time is still a better deal than concatenation, which reallocates every time.”