allocation

allocation
    n 1: a share set aside for a specific purpose [syn: {allotment},
         {allocation}]
    2: the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning;
       distribution according to a plan; "the apportionment of seats
       in the House of Representatives is based on the relative
       population of each state" [syn: {allotment}, {apportionment},
       {apportioning}, {allocation}, {parceling}, {parcelling},
       {assignation}]
    3: (computer science) the assignment of particular areas of a
       magnetic disk to particular data or instructions [syn:
       {allocation}, {storage allocation}]
    

Allocation \Al`lo*ca"tion\, n. [LL. allocatio: cf. F.
   allocation.]
   1. The act of putting one thing to another; a placing;
      disposition; arrangement. --Hallam.
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   2. An allotment or apportionment; as, an allocation of shares
      in a company.
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            The allocation of the particular portions of
            Palestine to its successive inhabitants. --A. R.
                                                  Stanley.
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   3. 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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ALLOCATION, Eng. law. An allowance upon account in the Exchequer; or rather,
placing or adding to a thing. Ency. Lond.
    

59 Moby Thesaurus words for "allocation":
      allotment, appointment, apportionment, appropriation, arrangement,
      array, arraying, assignment, attribution, collation, collocation,
      constitution, denomination, deployment, deposit, deposition,
      designation, determination, disposal, disposition, distribution,
      earmarking, emplacement, fixing, form, formation, formulation,
      lading, loading, localization, locating, location, marshaling,
      order, ordering, packing, pinning down, pinpointing, placement,
      placing, positioning, posting, precision, putting, regimentation,
      reposition, selection, setting aside, signification, situation,
      specification, spotting, stationing, stipulation, storage, stowage,
      structuring, syntax, tagging