Others said companies were allocating supplies to keep customers from ordering more than they needed in order to resell at higher prices.

I allocated supplies in the Netherlands, not fired guns.

The Federal Government lacks emergency authority to allocate supplies of oil among civilian users for the first time in 40 years.

Due to the storm's proximity to Central America, several countries were placed on alert and began allocating supplies for a potential disaster.

It's the Council that has to allocate the food and scarce' supplies, Chernon.

The state has not imposed uniform restrictions, leaving it to the thousands of water districts to allocate supplies locally.

One oil executive noted last week that 22 states had passed laws allowing them to fix prices and allocate supplies in an emergency.

She was responsible for planning meals and allocating supplies like eggs to families.

For the first time in 40 years, the Federal Government finds itself without emergency authority to allocate supplies of oil among civilian users.

Laws differ from state to state but most give the governor the authority to allocate supplies to emergency services.