belongs to many relation allows you to create new related models as well as attaching existing ones. code example

Example: associate laravel

When updating a belongsTo relationship, you may use the associate method. This 
method will set the foreign key on the child model:

	$account = App\Account::find(10);
	$user->account()->associate($account);
	$user->save();

When removing a belongsTo relationship, you may use the dissociate method. This
method will set the relationship foreign key to null:

	$user->account()->dissociate();
	$user->save();