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  • noun The act of reallocating; a second or subsequent allocation.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a share that has been allocated again
  • noun a new apportionment (especially a new apportionment of congressional seats in the United States on the basis of census results)

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Examples

  • But the structural reallocation is clearly pushing older workers into long-term unemployment.

    How the Fed Is Holding Back Recovery David Malpass 2010

  • The fourth is a near-term reallocation of capital flows.

    Olivier Blanchard: Global Economy: Continuing Recovery But Clouds on the Horizon 2010

  • The stimuli, in our assessment, have been extremely inefficient: on the fiscal side, programs like cash-for-clunkers do little more than provide a short-term reallocation of spending.

    FXstreet.com 2010

  • The stimuli, in our assessment, have been extremely inefficient: on the fiscal side, programs like cash-for-clunkers do little more than provide a short-term reallocation of spending.

    FXstreet.com 2010

  • Of course, many of the people promoting the following view are fixed income sorts who would benefit from a long-term reallocation of money from equities to bonds, but that doesn't make it any less provocative a view.

    Paul Kedrosky's Infectious Greed 2009

  • Of course, many of the people promoting the following view are fixed income sorts who would benefit from a long-term reallocation of money from equities to bonds, but that doesn't make it any less provocative a view.

    SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page 2009

  • Growers haven't come out against the idea of reallocation of the quotas, but they are against an overall increase in total imports.

    Price Gap Puts Spice in Sugar-Quota Fight Carolyn Cui 2010

  • Growers haven't come out against the idea of reallocation of the quotas, but they are against an overall increase in total imports.

    Price Gap Puts Spice in Sugar-Quota Fight Carolyn Cui 2010

  • Growers haven't come out against the idea of reallocation of the quotas, but they are against an overall increase in total imports.

    Price Gap Puts Spice in Sugar-Quota Fight Carolyn Cui 2010

  • Growers haven't come out against the idea of reallocation of the quotas, but they are against an overall increase in total imports.

    Price Gap Puts Spice in Sugar-Quota Fight Carolyn Cui 2010

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