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allocation Definition

al·lo·ca·tion (al′ō kā′s̸hən, al′ə-)

noun

  1. an allocating or being allocated
  2. a thing or amount allocated

allocation Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • resource: David Reeves - 6 June 2006 Allocation of resources to English areas.
  • studentship: New MSc Funding We have just received from MRC an allocation of studentships for the Bioinformatics theme in the MSc in Informatics degree.
  • fund: There is no upper limit to the allocation of funds.
  • funding: The Democratic Unionist Party support the allocation of more funding to diabetes research.

Converse of object

  • shed: Her first shed allocation was Salisbury, where she worked the south western main line.

Adjective modifier

  • budgetary: This reflects the eminently political nature of EU budgetary allocations at the expense of a true poverty focus.
  • indicative: The regions have also provided advice on their priorities within long-term indicative funding allocations.
  • provisional: The numbers in square brackets indicate the provisional allocation of maximum marks per section of the paper.
  • optimal: The equitable and optimal allocation of staff time could and should be a significant aspect of leading change and maintaining balance.
  • random: Random allocation with adequate concealment of allocation protects against selection bias.
  • dynamic: What's not Included The DHCP service does not provide dynamic allocation of IP numbers.

Modifies a noun

  • concealment: The studies were also assessed for allocation concealment and use of intention-to-treat analysis.
  • questionnaire: Cases are not automatically allocated to the tracks, but are allocated following the completion of the allocation questionnaire.
  • formula: They also pledge to revise the revenue allocation formula, to weaken the central government by giving the states more resources.

Noun used with modifier

  • asset: Asset allocation, says Jonathan Davis, a certified financial.. .
  • budget: Action: Graham Payne to amend budget allocations to reflect the revised budgets agreed by the EB.
  • resource: In terms of patterns of resource allocation, much depends on how evidence is used.
  • quota: This is known as your quota allocation and it is used to control the amount of disk space that you have available.
  • funding: Key features of our funding allocations for teaching 39.
  • bandwidth: A customer may at any time upgrade their account or pay for more bandwidth allocation at the current rates on the Burton Hosting site.