allocation.
The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.
Meaning & usage
The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.
The allocation of new permits is on a first-come, first-served basis.
That which is allocated; allowance, entitlement.
The farmer received his full allocation of water from the government.
Restriction of an embryonic cell and its clonal descendants to a particular cell type or body region.
Where this word comes from
From Middle French allocacion, from Medieval Latin allocātiō. By surface analysis, allocate + -ion.
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