allocation

4 definitions found

allocation - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
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     2. An allotment or apportionment; as, an allocation of shares
        in a company.
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              The allocation of the particular portions of
              Palestine to its successive inhabitants. --A. R.
                                                    Stanley.
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     3. The admission of an item in an account, or an allowance
        made upon an account; -- a term used in the English
        exchequer.
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allocation - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  allocation
      n 1: a share set aside for a specific purpose [syn: allotment,
           allocation]
      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, allocation, parceling, parcelling,
         assignation]
      3: (computer science) the assignment of particular areas of a
         magnetic disk to particular data or instructions [syn:
         allocation, storage allocation]

allocation - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  ALLOCATION, Eng. law. An allowance upon account in the Exchequer; or rather,
  placing or adding to a thing. Ency. Lond.
  
  

allocation - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  59 Moby Thesaurus words for "allocation":
     allotment, appointment, apportionment, appropriation, arrangement,
     array, arraying, assignment, attribution, collation, collocation,
     constitution, denomination, deployment, deposit, deposition,
     designation, determination, disposal, disposition, distribution,
     earmarking, emplacement, fixing, form, formation, formulation,
     lading, loading, localization, locating, location, marshaling,
     order, ordering, packing, pinning down, pinpointing, placement,
     placing, positioning, posting, precision, putting, regimentation,
     reposition, selection, setting aside, signification, situation,
     specification, spotting, stationing, stipulation, storage, stowage,
     structuring, syntax, tagging