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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
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]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. An allotment or apportionment; as, an allocation of shares
      in a company.
      [1913 Webster]

            The allocation of the particular portions of
            Palestine to its successive inhabitants. --A. R.
                                                  Stanley.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. The admission of an item in an account, or an allowance
      made upon an account; -- a term used in the English
      exchequer.
      [1913 Webster]

3. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
ALLOCATION, Eng. law. An allowance upon account in the Exchequer; or rather,
placing or adding to a thing. Ency. Lond.



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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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