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Allocation : (noun)
1: a share set aside for a specific purpose [syn: allotment]
2: 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" [syn: allotment, apportionment,
apportioning, parceling, parcelling, assignation]
3: (computer science) the assignment of particular areas of a
magnetic disk to particular data or instructions
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Allocation : \Al`lo*ca"tion\, n. [LL. allocatio: cf. F.
allocation.]
1. The act of putting one thing to another; a placing;
disposition; arrangement. --Hallam.
2. An allotment or apportionment; as, an allocation of shares
in a company.
The allocation of the particular portions of
Palestine to its successive inhabitants. --A. R.
Stanley.
3. The admission of an item in an account, or an allowance
made upon an account; -- a term used in the English
exchequer.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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ALLOCATION, Eng. law. An allowance upon account in the Exchequer; or rather,
placing or adding to a thing. Ency. Lond.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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