reallocationn.
/ˌriːaləˈkeɪʃn/, U.S. /riˌæləˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/ The action of allocating or assigning again; an instance or example of this.
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the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > [noun] > assigning or allotting > fresh
reapportionment1788
relocating1789
relocation1804
repartition1836
reallotment1847
reallocation1856
1856 Times 28 Feb. 6/3 The House has not sufficient power and weight, and no mere re-allocation of parts will suffice to give it.
1909 Manitoba Morning Free Press 19 Jan. 1/1 In this re-allocation of seats greater changes have been made on the Conservative than on the Liberal side of the house.
1962 A. Battersby Guide to Stock Control 108 No figure in the third column is less than any in the fourth column; this means any further re-allocation of orders must of necessity increase the total stock value.
1964 Ann. Reg. 1963 124 In 1963 this amounted to 81,563 tons, with sizeable additional reallocations.
a1974 R. Crossman Diaries (1975) I. 626 We soon found that some of the 130 select authorities were not using up their allocation and we had some very nice re-allocations to do in order to make sure that our total didn't fall down.
2004 Demography 41 637 Counting cohabitors as married instead of single results in a reallocation of only 4% of all cases (or 10% of single-parent family cases).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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