allocation

[ al-uh-key-shuhn ]
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noun
  1. the state of being allocated.

  1. the share or portion allocated.

  2. Accounting. a system of dividing expenses and incomes among the various branches, departments, etc., of a business.

Origin of allocation

1
First recorded in 1525–35; from Medieval Latin allocātiōn- (stem of allocātiō ), equivalent to allocāt(us) (see allocate) + -iōn- -ion

Other 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

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British Dictionary definitions for allocation

allocation

/ (ˌæləˈkeɪʃən) /


noun
  1. the act of allocating or the state of being allocated

  2. a part that is allocated; share

  1. accounting, British a system of dividing overhead expenses between the various departments of a business

  2. 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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