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Allocation

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Noun

1. allocation, allotment

a share set aside for a specific purpose

2. allocation, allotment, apportioning, apportionment, assignation, parceling, parcelling

the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan

Example Sentences:
'the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state'

3. allocation, storage allocation

(computer science) the assignment of particular areas of a magnetic disk to particular data or instructions

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Allocation

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noun
1. 
the act of allocating or the state of being allocated
2. 
a part that is allocated; share
3. accounting, British
a system of dividing overhead expenses between the various departments of a business
4. social welfare
(in a Social Services Department) the process of assigning referrals to individual workers, thus changing their status to cases

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Allocation

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noun
1. 
an allocating or being allocated
2. 
a thing or amount allocated

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Allocation

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tr.v. al·lo·cat·ed, al·lo·cat·ing, al·lo·cates
1. To set apart for a special purpose; designate: allocate a room to be used for storage.
2. To distribute according to a plan; allot: allocate rations for a week-long camping trip.

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