2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
allocation
n 1: a share set aside for a specific purpose [syn: {allotment}]
2: the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; "the
apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is
based on the relative populaton of each state" [syn: {allotment},
{apportionment}, {apportioning}, {parceling}, {parcelling}]
3: (computer science) the assignment of particular areas of a
magnetic disk to particular data or instructions
more about allocation
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