An allocation is an amount of something, especially money, that is given to a particular person or used for a particular purpose.
There will be a closer review of funding allocations for future conferences. [+ for]
During rationing we had a sugar allocation.
Synonyms: allowance, share, measure, grant More Synonyms of allocation
2. uncountable noun
The allocation of something is the decision that it should be given to a particular person or used for a particular purpose.
His sons quarrelled bitterly over the allocation of family resources.
Town planning and land allocation had to be coordinated.
Synonyms: assignment, allowance, rationing, allotment More Synonyms of allocation
allocation in British English
(ˌæləˈkeɪʃən)
noun
1.
the act of allocating or the state of being allocated
2.
a part that is allocated; share
3. accounting, British
a system of dividing overhead expenses between the various departments of a business
4. social welfare
(in a Social Services Department) the process of assigning referrals to individual workers, thus changing their status to cases
allocation in American English
(ˌæloʊˈkeɪʃən; ˌ æləˈkeɪʃən)
noun
1.
an allocating or being allocated
2.
a thing or amount allocated
allocation in Finance
(æləkeɪʃən)
noun
(Finance: General)
An allocation is an amount of money that is given to a particular person or used for a particularpurpose.
If any of the committees doesn't meet its reduction target, its budget allocation would be cut across the board.
Start-of-the-year allocations made by foreign institutional investors can explain only part of the boom.
An allocation is an amount of money that is given to a particular person or used for a particularpurpose.
allocation in Accounting
(æləkeɪʃən)
Word forms: (regular plural) allocations
noun
(Accounting: Management)
An allocation is an amount of money that is given to a particular person or used for a particularpurpose.
If any of the committees doesn't meet its reduction target, its budget allocation would be cut across the board.
Start-of-the-year allocations made by foreign institutional investors can explain only part of the boom.
An allocation is an amount of money that is given to a particular person or used for a particularpurpose.
COBUILD Collocations
allocation
ticket allocation
Examples of 'allocation' in a sentence
allocation
The exact asset allocation you go for will depend on your circumstances.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Second, getting your international asset allocation right is important.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Those considering their next move should review their portfolio, he says, to ensure their asset allocation remains consistent with the risk they are willing to take.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
About the allocation of limited resources between competing priorities.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
He added that allocations for individual forces had not yet been set.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Slovakia will also release tickets this month under the allocation system.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
You also need to work out how balanced your portfolio is compared with typical asset allocation models.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Over time the resource allocation profile becomes painfully skewed to the right.
Geoffrey A. Moore LIVING ON THE FAULT LINE, REVISED EDITION (2002)
London regarding ticket processing and allocation as they will be unable to help.
The Sun (2015)
All choices are constrained choices reflecting differential bargaining power and position in relation to bureaucratic allocation systems.
Forrest, Ray & Murie, Alan & Williams, Peter Home-ownership - differentiation and fragmentation (1990)
Does the asset allocation still suit their requirements?
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Another aspect of the problem is the allocation of time.
Al Ries and Jack Trout THE 22 IMMUTABLE LAWS OF MARKETING (1993)
But at the heart of risk management is the efficient allocation of limited resources to address uncertain outcomes.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
He gave a public undertaking on the integrity of the allocation system and the buck stops with him.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The reality appears very different with a funding allocation process that is entirely opaque and hidden from public scrutiny.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
That probably explained why the Chelsea fans had not taken up their full ticket allocation.
The Sun (2012)
In the process for the allocation of the European.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The app works with promoters, booking agents and managers to secure an allocation of tickets.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The second part of figure 2.3 shows the ideal resource allocation profile.
Geoffrey A. Moore LIVING ON THE FAULT LINE, REVISED EDITION (2002)
Although the moon had risen, there was no time for the allocation of precise local objectives.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
These can be useful if you have only a small portfolio or don't want to worry about asset allocation yourself.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
It is also within its rights to deduct unpaid diplomatic traffic fines from its foreign aid allocations, as it did last year.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
My argument on share allocation was that we had to persuade the 13,000 employees who did not invest in the beginning to join the family.
Thompson, Sir Peter Sharing the Success - the story of NFC (1990)
The allocation process was designed for the Olympic committee, not the people.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The issues are presented in Table 9.2 in terms of the land allocation and land management issues identified.
Cloke, Paul J (ed) Rural Land-Use Planning in Developed Nations (1989)
She said: 'I get the full allocation of housing credits and the full allowance of tax credits.
The Sun (2015)
I find cinema or tennis works for me, or holidays - always take your full allocation.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It has asked the Government for a one million hectare allocation of land for palm oil and sugar cane production - and it will get it.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
In other languages
allocation
British English: allocation NOUN
An allocation is an amount of something, especially money, that is given to a particular person or used for a particular purpose.
…the allocation of public funds.
American English: allocation
Brazilian Portuguese: distribuição
Chinese: 分配决定尤指经费
European Spanish: asignación
French: allocation
German: Zuteilung
Italian: assegnazione
Japanese: 配当
Korean: 할당액
European Portuguese: distribuição
Latin American Spanish: asignación
1 (noun)
During rationing we had a sugar allocation.
Synonyms
allowance
I weighed out my allowance of sugar.
share
I have had more than my share of adventures.
measure
The colonies were claiming a larger measure of self-government.
grant
My application for a grant has been rejected.
portion
his portion of the inheritance
quota
The quota of four tickets per person had been reduced to two.
lot
The receivers are keen to sell the stores as one lot.
ration
The meat ration was down to one pound per person per week.
stint
a five-year stint in Hong Kong
stipend
He was under considerable pressure to justify his lavish stipend.
2 (noun)
Town planning and land allocation had to be co-ordinated.
Synonyms
assignment
The state prohibited the assignment of licences to competitors.
allowance
rationing
allotment
His meagre allotment of gas had to be saved for emergencies.
apportionment
the apportionment of resources
appropriation
The government raised defence appropriations by 12 per cent.
Additional synonyms
in the sense of allotment
His meagre allotment of gas had to be saved for emergencies.
Synonyms
assignment,
share,
measure,
grant,
allowance,
portion,
quota,
lot,
ration,
allocation,
stint,
appropriation,
stipend,
apportionment
in the sense of apportionment
the apportionment of resources
Synonyms
division,
sharing,
distribution,
assignment,
allocation,
dispensing,
allotment,
meting out,
doling out,
dealing out,
measuring out,
parcelling out,
rationing out
in the sense of appropriation
Definition
the act of putting money aside for a particular purpose
The government raised defence appropriations by 12 per cent.