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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
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