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allocation
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun allocation has 3 senses
- allocation(n = noun.possession) allotment - a share set aside for a specific purpose; Array is a kind of part, percentage, portion, share
- allocation(n = noun.act) allotment, apportioning, apportionment, assignation, parceling, parcelling - 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" has particulars: grant, subsidisation, subsidization, reallocation, reallotment, reapportionment, deal, rationing, parcel, portion, share
- allocation(n = noun.act) storage allocation - (computer science) the assignment of particular areas of a magnetic disk to particular data or instructions; Array is a kind of assigning, assignment
has particulars: reallocation, quota
Derived form verb allocate1
is a kind of distribution
Derived form verb allocate1
Derived form verb allocate1
CIDE DICTIONARY
allocation, n. [LL. allocatio: cf. F. allocation.].
- The act of putting one thing to another; a placing; disposition; arrangement. Hallam. [1913 Webster]
- An allotment or apportionment; as, an allocation of shares in a company. [1913 Webster]"The allocation of the particular portions of Palestine to its successive inhabitants." [1913 Webster]
- The admission of an item in an account, or an allowance made upon an account; -- a term used in the English exchequer. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
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, taggingROGET THESAURUS
allocation
Arrangement
N arrangement, plan, preparation, disposal, disposition, collocation, allocation, distribution, sorting, assortment, allotment, apportionment, taxis, taxonomy, syntaxis, graduation, organization, grouping, tabulation, analysis, classification, clustering, division, digestion, digest, synopsis, syntagma, table, atlas, file, database, register, organism, architecture, sieve, riddle, screen, sorter, arranged, embattled, in battle array, cut and dried, methodical, orderly, regular, systematic, In vast cumbrous array.Apportionment
N apportionment, allotment, consignment, assignment, appointment, appropriation, dispensation, distribution, division, deal, repartition, partition, administration, dividend, portion, contingent, share, allotment, fair share, allocation, lot, measure, dose, dole, meed, pittance, quantum, ration, ratio, proportion, quota, modicum, mess, allowance, suerte, apportioning, respective, respectively, each to each.
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