Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The act of allocating, allotting, or assigning; allotment; assignment; apportionment: as, the allocation of shares in a public company.
- n. . An allowance made upon accounts in the exchequer.
- n. The act of locating or fixing in place; the state of being located or fixed; disposition; arrangement.
Wiktionary
- n. The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The act of putting one thing to another; a placing; disposition; arrangement.
- n. An allotment or apportionment.
- n. The admission of an item in an account, or an allowance made upon an account; -- a term used in the English exchequer.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a share set aside for a specific purpose
- n. the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan
- n. (computer science) the assignment of particular areas of a magnetic disk to particular data or instructions
Etymologies
- From Middle French allocacion, from Medieval Latin allocātiō. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“You'll see that not much of that higher allocation is actually spent on the Special Ed student who needs it.”
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“The bond allocation is primarily in two Pimco funds — 20% in Pimco Total Return, which buys various types of bonds, including government and corporate bonds, and 15% in Pimco Low Duration, which has two-thirds of its portfolio in bonds that mature in less than three years.”
“A key aim of asset allocation is to invest across a range of sectors, countries and asset classes that earn decent returns but are relatively uncorrelated.”
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“Just took LIII, and dynamic allocation is well-burned into my mind.”
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“Now your cash allocation is much higher than you wanted it to be.”
“The biggest single allocation is $24 million for a renewable energy grant program.”
“The funding allocation is mostly out of the hands of the PSRC.”
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“Focus on appropriate long-term allocation and stick with that through all the ups and downs," says Sheryl Garrett , a fee-only financial planner in Shawnee Mission, Kan.”
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“Achieving the right asset allocation is widely considered key to a successful portfolio.”
“Different firms have different thresholds for when to make those changes; some do it quarterly, others do it when the asset allocation is off by a certain margin.”
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Budgetese - not a sexy topic but a very comprehensive list of words and collocations used in EU circles. Budgeting experts please comment and expand.
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ESL Academic Word List
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nuxiy When I order more products to my store/shop the first status message I get from the distributor is that the items have been "Allocated" May 20, 2009