What does "allocation" mean?
Allocation: An allotment or apportionment; as, an allocation of shares in a company. The allocation of the particular portions of Palestine to its successive inhabitants. A. R. Stanley.
Additional senses
- 2.The admission of an item in an account, or an allowance made upon an account; -- a term used in the English exchequer.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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