allocation — Dizionario inglese

Sostantivo

1. The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.

   Uso

   • numerabile
   • non numerabile

   Sinonimi

   apportionment

   Esempi

   The allocation of new permits is on a first-come, first-served basis.

   Altri esempi (1)

   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.

2. That which is allocated; allowance, entitlement.

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   • numerabile
   • non numerabile

   Esempi

   The farmer received his full allocation of water from the government.

3. Restriction of an embryonic cell and its clonal descendants to a particular cell type or body region.

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   • numerabile
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Sostantivo

1. a share set aside for a specific purpose

   Sinonimi

   allotment

   Termini più generali

   shareportionpartpercentage

2. the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan

   Sinonimi

   allotmentapportionmentapportioningparcelingparcellingassignation

   Termini più generali

   distribution

   Esempi

   the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state

3. (computer science) the assignment of particular areas of a magnetic disk to particular data or instructions

   Sinonimi

   storage allocation

   Termini più generali

   assignmentassigning