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Webster 1913 Edition
Allocation
Alˊlo-ca′tion
,Noun.
[LL.
allocatio
: cf. F. allocation
.] 1.
The act of putting one thing to another; a placing; disposition; arrangement.
Hallam.
2.
An allotment or apportionment;
as, an
. allocation
of shares in a companyThe
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Allocation
ALLOCA'TION
,Noun.
The act of putting one thing to another; hence its usual sense is the admission of an article of account, or an allowance made upon an account; a term used in the English Exchequer. [See Allow.]