"allocation" meaning in English

See allocation in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˌæl.əˈkeɪ.ʃən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-allocation.wav Forms: allocations [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French allocacion, from Medieval Latin allocātiō. By surface analysis, allocate + -ion. Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|allocacion}} Middle French allocacion, {{der|en|ML.|allocātiō}} Medieval Latin allocātiō, {{surface analysis|en|allocate|-ion}} By surface analysis, allocate + -ion Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} allocation (countable and uncountable, plural allocations)
  1. The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.): разпределяне (razpredeljane) (Bulgarian), отпускане (otpuskane) (Bulgarian), 分配 (fēnpèi) (Chinese Mandarin), allokering (Danish), allocatie (Dutch), toewijzing (Dutch), allokointi (Finnish), jakaminen (Finnish), jako (Finnish), allocation [feminine] (French), Vergabe [feminine] (German), Zuteilung [feminine] (German), Zuweisung [feminine] (German), alokasi (Indonesian), leithdháileadh [masculine] (Irish), leithroinnt [feminine] (Irish), tuw(h)anga (Maori), bevilgning [feminine, masculine] [money, finance, business] (Norwegian Bokmål), alokacja [feminine] (Polish), dystrybucja [feminine] (Polish), alocação [feminine] (Portuguese), распределе́ние (raspredelénije) [neuter] (Russian), preraspodjela (Serbo-Croatian), redistribucija [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), realokacija [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), dodjela [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), dodjeljivanje [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), asignación [feminine] (Spanish), distribución [feminine] (Spanish), reparto [masculine] (Spanish), anslag (Swedish), fördelning (Swedish), tilldelning (Swedish), at-at (Tagalog), alokasyon (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-allocation-en-noun-VFMViFii Disambiguation of 'The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.': 94 2 3
  2. That which is allocated; allowance, entitlement. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-allocation-en-noun-5owvUPgY
  3. (embryology) Restriction of an embryonic cell and its clonal descendants to a particular cell type or body region Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Embryology
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

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    },
    {
      "word": "file allocation table"
    },
    {
      "word": "misallocation"
    },
    {
      "word": "overallocation"
    },
    {
      "word": "pachinko allocation"
    },
    {
      "word": "preallocation"
    },
    {
      "word": "reallocation"
    },
    {
      "word": "static memory allocation"
    },
    {
      "word": "suballocation"
    },
    {
      "word": "underallocation"
    }
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    {
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        "2": "frm",
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
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      },
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      "name": "der"
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      "args": {
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      },
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "allocations",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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      },
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "The allocation of new permits is on a first-come, first-served basis.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2024 January 10, Chris Gilson, “RAIL's famous five...”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 27:",
          "text": "Following allocation to Toton on January 1 1996, it stayed there until transferral to Crewe in November 2000, before being stored at Eastleigh on December 17 the same year.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources."
      ],
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          "allocating",
          "allocate"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The farmer received his full allocation of water from the government.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "That which is allocated; allowance, entitlement."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "allowance",
          "allowance"
        ],
        [
          "entitlement",
          "entitlement"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Embryology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Restriction of an embryonic cell and its clonal descendants to a particular cell type or body region"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "embryology",
          "embryology"
        ],
        [
          "embryonic",
          "embryonic"
        ],
        [
          "cell",
          "cell"
        ],
        [
          "clonal",
          "clonal"
        ],
        [
          "cell type",
          "cell type"
        ],
        [
          "body region",
          "body region"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(embryology) Restriction of an embryonic cell and its clonal descendants to a particular cell type or body region"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "embryology",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˌæl.əˈkeɪ.ʃən/"
    },
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "razpredeljane",
      "sense": "The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.",
      "word": "разпределяне"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otpuskane",
      "sense": "The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.",
      "word": "отпускане"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fēnpèi",
      "sense": "The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.",
      "word": "分配"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.",
      "word": "allokering"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.",
      "word": "allocatie"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.",
      "word": "toewijzing"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.",
      "word": "allokointi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.",
      "word": "jakaminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.",
      "word": "jako"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "allocation"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Vergabe"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Zuteilung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Zuweisung"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.",
      "word": "alokasi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "leithdháileadh"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "leithroinnt"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.",
      "word": "tuw(h)anga"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "money",
        "finance",
        "business"
      ],
      "word": "bevilgning"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alokacja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dystrybucja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alocação"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "raspredelénije",
      "sense": "The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "распределе́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.",
      "word": "preraspodjela"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "redistribucija"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "realokacija"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dodjela"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "dodjeljivanje"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "asignación"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "distribución"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "reparto"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.",
      "word": "anslag"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.",
      "word": "fördelning"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.",
      "word": "tilldelning"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.",
      "word": "at-at"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.",
      "word": "alokasyon"
    }
  ],
  "word": "allocation"
}

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