allocation
[al-uh-key-shuh n]
- 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.
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Origin of allocation
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Contemporary Examples
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.
But the country is poor, and the allocation is only $100,000.
How a GOP Win Could Spell the End of Reproductive Health for Global WomenMichelle Goldberg
February 3, 2012
The Coast Guard saw its allocation plummet from $5.6 million in 1993 to $500,000 annually since 2007.
Historical Examples
As respects this allocation, how would I modify that instrument?
'Tis Sixty Years SinceCharles Francis Adams
Recollect, all the management—that is, the allocation—will be entrusted to you.
The first order problem is the allocation of scarce resources.
After the RainSam Vaknin
This case constitutes an abuse of the principle of allocation.
The Church on the Changing FrontierHelen O. Belknap
Recollect, all the management—that is, the allocation—will be intrusted to you.
Tales from "Blackwood"Various
allocation
- 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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Word Origin and History for allocation
n.
mid-15c., from Middle French allocacion, from Medieval Latin allocationem (nominative allocatio), noun of action from past participle stem of allocare (see allocate).
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