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The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
The allocation of new permits is on a first-come, first-served basis.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: apportionment
Antonyms: none provided
That which is allocated; allowance, entitlement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
The farmer received his full allocation of water from the government.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Restriction of an embryonic cell and its clonal descendants to a particular cell type or body region.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: embryology, medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
(computer science) the assignment of particular areas of a magnetic disk to particular data or instructions
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: storage allocation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: assignment, assigning
the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: allotment, apportionment, apportioning, parceling, parcelling, assignation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: distribution
Narrower terms: grant, subsidization, subsidisation, reallotment, reapportionment, reallocation, deal, rationing, parcel, portion, share
a share set aside for a specific purpose
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: allotment
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: share, portion, part, percentage
Narrower terms: reallocation, quota
From Middle French allocacion, from Medieval Latin allocātiō. By surface analysis, allocate + -ion.
Across languages
Translations 39 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic :
تَخْصِيص
(taḵṣīṣ)
— The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.
Bulgarian :
разпределяне
(razpredeljane)
— The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.
Bulgarian :
отпускане
(otpuskane)
— The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.
Chinese Mandarin :
分配
(fēnpèi)
— The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.
Chinese Mandarin :
撥款 /拨款
(bōkuǎn)
— The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.
Danish :
allokering
— The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.
Dutch :
allocatie
— The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.
Dutch :
toewijzing
— The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.
Finnish :
allokointi
— The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.
Finnish :
jakaminen
— The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.
Finnish :
jako
— The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.
French :
allocation
— The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.
German :
Vergabe
— The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.
German :
Zuteilung
— The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.
German :
Zuweisung
— The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.
Hindi :
आवंटन
(āvaṇṭan)
— The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.
Indonesian :
alokasi
— The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.
Irish :
leithdháileadh
— The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.
Irish :
leithroinnt
— The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.
Māori :
tuw(h)anga
— The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.
Norwegian Bokmål :
bevilgning
— The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.
Polish :
alokacja
— The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.
Polish :
dystrybucja
— The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.
Portuguese :
alocação
— The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.
Russian :
распределе́ние
(raspredelénije)
— The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.
Serbo-Croatian :
preraspodjela
— The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.
Serbo-Croatian :
redistribucija
— The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.
Serbo-Croatian :
realokacija
— The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.
Serbo-Croatian :
dodjela
— The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.
Serbo-Croatian :
dodjeljivanje
— The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.
Spanish :
asignación
— The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.
Spanish :
distribución
— The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.
Spanish :
reparto
— The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.
Spanish :
adjudicación
— The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.
Swedish :
anslag
— The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.
Swedish :
fördelning
— The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.
Swedish :
tilldelning
— The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.
Tagalog :
alokasyon
— The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.
Turkish :
tahsis
— The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.
