Allocation

n.	1.	The act of putting one thing to another; a placing; disposition; arrangement.
	2.	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.
	3.	The admission of an item in an account, or an allowance made upon an account; - a term used in the English exchequer.

Noun	1.	allocation - a share set aside for a specific purpose Synonyms: allotment
	2.	allocation - 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" Synonyms: apportioning, apportionment, parceling, parcelling, assignation, allotment
	3.	allocation - (computer science) the assignment of particular areas of a magnetic disk to particular data or instructions

ALLOCATION, Eng. law. An allowance upon account in the Exchequer; or rather, placing or adding to a thing. Ency. Lond.

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