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noun

Allocation n.

The act of putting one thing to another; a placing; disposition; arrangement.

An allotment or apportionment; as, an allocation of shares in a company. "The allocation of the particular portions of Palestine to its successive inhabitants."

The admission of an item in an account, or an allowance made upon an account; a term used in the English exchequer.

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Etymology of 'Allocation'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Allocation" Quotes from Famous Books

... possessions, price and distribution. It is a matter of taxes, its proportion, apportionment and collection; of private property, its varieties, rights, and limitations It is a problem of public authority, its allocation and its limits; of all those delicate cogwheels which, working into each other, constitute the great economic, social, and political machine. Each band in its own canton lays its rude hands on the wheels within its reach. They wrench or ...

— The Origins of Contemporary France, Volume 2 (of 6) - The French Revolution, Volume 1 (of 3) • Hippolyte A. Taine

... 1. Allocation of front. (The front of an American battalion will average about 1,000 yards.) Diagrams: A. The Regiment. B. The Battalion. C. The Company. D. The Platoon. 2. Distribution of effectives. Determined chiefly by the terrain and by 3. 3. Employment of ...

— Military Instructors Manual • James P. Cole and Oliver Schoonmaker

... proceedings from the time this question was first agitated to the present, but too clearly indicate this intention; and if we wanted proof, that the executive government of the United States would act on so barbarous and inhuman a policy, we need only refer to the allocation of the Cherokees, who exchanged lands in Tennessee for lands west of the Mississippi, pursuant to the treaty of 1819. It was well known that a deadly enmity existed between the Osages and Cherokees, ...

— A Ramble of Six Thousand Miles through the United States of America • S. A. Ferrall

... third method which most strongly recommended itself to Mr. Childers was to give compensation to Ireland by making an allocation of revenue in her favour, to be employed in promoting the material prosperity and social ...

— Against Home Rule (1912) - The Case for the Union • Various

... necessary to confine the projects that pass through within those limits. And so, indeed, it becomes necessary for any particular business to pay for its capital interest at the market rate, not so much to secure the saving of it as to secure its allocation ...

— Supply and Demand • Hubert D. Henderson

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