Definitions for allocations

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allocations al·lo·ca·tion

Spelling: [al-uh-key-shuh n]

IPA: /ˌæl əˈkeɪ ʃən/

Allocations is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 776 anagrams from letters in allocations (aacillnoost).

Definitions for allocations

noun

1. the act of allocating; apportionment.
2. the state of being allocated.
3. the share or portion allocated.
4. Accounting. a system of dividing expenses and incomes among the various branches, departments, etc., of a business.
5. the act of allocating; apportionment.
6. the state of being allocated.
7. the share or portion allocated.
8. Accounting. a system of dividing expenses and incomes among the various branches, departments, etc., of a business.

Origin of allocations

1525-35; Medieval Latin allocātiōn- (stem of allocātiō), equivalent to allocāt(us) (see allocate) + -iōn- -ion

Examples for allocations

These proportions have become to a large extent stereotyped in the allocation of such grants.

The first order problem is the allocation of scarce resources.

Among other faults, it merely shifts the allocation for visas instead of increasing the total number.

The Coast Guard saw its allocation plummet from $5.6 million in 1993 to $500,000 annually since 2007.

Recollect, all the management—that is, the allocation—will be entrusted to you.

But the country is poor, and the allocation is only $100,000.

Recollect, all the management—that is, the allocation—will be intrusted to you.

This case constitutes an abuse of the principle of allocation.

In budgetary terms, it was a pittance: 0.1 percent of the CDC's $2.2 billion allocation.

As respects this allocation, how would I modify that instrument?

But the country is poor, and the allocation is only $100,000.

Recollect, all the management—that is, the allocation—will be intrusted to you.

These proportions have become to a large extent stereotyped in the allocation of such grants.

Recollect, all the management—that is, the allocation—will be entrusted to you.

The Coast Guard saw its allocation plummet from $5.6 million in 1993 to $500,000 annually since 2007.

The first order problem is the allocation of scarce resources.

As respects this allocation, how would I modify that instrument?

This case constitutes an abuse of the principle of allocation.

Among other faults, it merely shifts the allocation for visas instead of increasing the total number.

In budgetary terms, it was a pittance: 0.1 percent of the CDC's $2.2 billion allocation.