allocation
the act of allocating; apportionment.
the state of being allocated.
the share or portion allocated.
Accounting. a system of dividing expenses and incomes among the various branches, departments, etc., of a business.
Origin of allocation
1Other words from allocation
- al·lo·ca·tive, adjective
- de·al·lo·ca·tion, noun
- re·al·lo·ca·tion, noun
- sub·al·lo·ca·tion, noun
Words Nearby allocation
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How to use allocation in a sentence
That is, the mayor will be asked to vote on the budget allocation for the police department that is currently investigating him.
Its total budget allocation would amount to over a half a billion dollars.
Send in the Marines—and the Anthropologists too? | John Kael Weston | August 23, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTRepublicans are suggesting that states switch from winner-take-all to a district-by-district allocation of electoral votes.
In budgetary terms, it was a pittance: 0.1 percent of the CDC's $2.2 billion allocation.
Among other faults, it merely shifts the allocation for visas instead of increasing the total number.
The Ministry of All the Talents failed to justify its title in the planning of expeditions and the allocation of commanders.
Argentina | W. A. HirstThe allocation of a fortune-telling aspect to these cards is the story of a prolonged impertinence.
The Illustrated Key to the Tarot | L. W. de LaurenceEven in respect of the cost of rails, due to wear and tear of train movement, we are quite at sea in the allocation of expenses.
Railroads: Rates and Regulations | William Z. RipleyOn the day which succeeded the allocation, the following entry appeared in the Glasgow share-lists.
Tales from "Blackwood" | VariousAs employers pile responsibility upon your husband, more and more care must be used in the allocation of time to social affairs.
The Good Housekeeping Marriage Book | Various
British Dictionary definitions for allocation
/ (ˌæləˈkeɪʃən) /
the act of allocating or the state of being allocated
a part that is allocated; share
accounting, British a system of dividing overhead expenses between the various departments of a business
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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