to assign; to allot; to allocate; to divide among; to distribute; to prorate; to apportion
各自に仕事を割り当てた。
I assigned work to each person.
予算を各部署に割り当てる作業が始まった。
The work of allocating budget to each department has begun.
限られた時間をどの課題に割り当てるかが難しい。
It's hard to decide how to allocate limited time among tasks.