allocation

1. A share set aside for a specific purpose (synset 113310490)
   hypernym: part, percentage, portion, share - assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group
   hyponym:

   • reallocation - a share that has been allocated again
   • quota - a proportional share assigned to each participant
   synonym: allotment
2. The act of distributing by allotting or apportioning;
   Distribution according to a plan (synset 101085569)
   "the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state"
   hypernym: distribution - the act of distributing or spreading or apportioning
   hyponym:

   • grant, subsidisation, subsidization - the act of providing a subsidy
   • reallocation, reallotment, reapportionment - a new apportionment (especially a new apportionment of congressional seats in the United States on the basis of census results)
   • deal - the act of apportioning or distributing something
   • rationing - the act of rationing
   • parcel, portion, share - the allotment of some amount by dividing something
   synonym: allotment, apportioning, apportionment, assignation, parceling, parcelling
3. (computer science) the assignment of particular areas of a magnetic disk to particular data or instructions (synset 100165400)
   domain category: computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures
   hypernym: assigning, assignment - the act of distributing something to designated places or persons
   synonym: storage allocation

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