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allocation (enc)

Allocation

Noun1.allocation - a share set aside for a specific purpose
percentage, share, portion, part - assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group; "he wanted his share in cash"
reallocation - a share that has been allocated again
quota - a proportional share assigned to each participant
2.allocation - the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan; "the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state"
grant, subsidisation, subsidization - the act of providing a subsidy
distribution - the act of distributing or spreading or apportioning
reallotment, reapportionment, reallocation - a new apportionment (especially a reallotment of congressional seats in the United States on the basis of census results)
deal - the act of apportioning or distributing something; "the captain was entrusted with the deal of provisions"
rationing - the act of rationing; "during the war the government imposed rationing of food and gasoline"
parcel, portion, share - the result of parcelling out or sharing; "death gets more than its share of attention from theologicans"
3.allocation - (computer science) the assignment of particular areas of a magnetic disk to particular data or instructions
assigning, assignment - the act of distributing something to designated places or persons; "the first task is the assignment of an address to each datum"
computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures

 

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