allocation
Noun
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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 grouphyponym:
- reallocation - a share that has been allocated again
- quota - a proportional share assigned to each participant
synonym: allotment -
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 apportioninghyponym:- 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
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(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 structureshypernym: assigning, assignment - the act of distributing something to designated places or personssynonym: storage allocation
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