The phrase "allocate a portion" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing the distribution of resources, time, or responsibilities among different parties or tasks.
Example: "We need to allocate a portion of our budget to marketing to ensure we reach our target audience effectively."
Alternatives: "assign a share" or "distribute a segment".
Under this program, workers can allocate a portion of future salary increases to retirement savings accounts.
Mr. Manuel and others said that as Western and Asian governments start borrowing heavily to spend for stimulus packages, they should allocate a portion to poorer countries.
In deals called "wrap and rolls," it would then allocate a portion of the revenue to Unicenter, enabling it to show sales growth to Wall Street.
So after we got appropriated the $15bn to spend overall, we had allocate a portion to New York City based on their level of need.
This has irked Governor Pataki, who in most budgets gets to allocate a portion of the money himself, usually about $30 million.
Let's find ways to give food marketers incentives to allocate a portion of those dollars to better educate our children about proper nutrition and portion control.
The alliance allocates a portion of the $35 price to research, which it plans to publish.
"With the cash portion of their bonus, they need to make sure they're allocating a portion to household expenses".
APPLY EARLY Each state has been allocated a portion of the $5 billion, but just about everyone agrees that the money will not be enough to last until 2014.
And there are many other programs that will no doubt be allocated a portion of the surplus, especially aid to farmers, benefits for veterans and federally financed medical research.
This mood is hard to read from opinion polls, which try to eliminate "don't know" as a response by allocating a portion of uncertain respondents to whichever party they voted for last time.
