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From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishallocational‧lo‧ca‧tion /ˌæləˈkeɪʃən/ ○○○ AWL noun 1 [countable]SHARE the amount or share of something ... allocation Wordfamily (noun) allocation (verb) allocateFromLongmanDictionaryofContemporaryEnglishallocational‧lo‧ca‧tion/ˌæləˈkeɪʃən/●○○AWLnoun    1[countable]SHAREtheamountorshareofsomethingthathasbeenallocatedforaparticularpurpose  Twelvehoursaweekseemedagenerousallocationofyourtime.2[uncountable]DECIDEthedecisiontoallocatesomething,ortheactofallocatingitallocationof  theallocationoffundstouniversitiesExamplesfromtheCorpusallocation•Thenextstepwastodeviseabudgetallocationprocedurethatreflectedthehealthneedsofdifferentareas.•Schoolswillbegivencashallocationsperstudent.•50%ofthefundwillbeavailableforallocationthisyear.•Governmentscaringsufficientlyaboutredistributionmightstillpreferinefficientallocationswithgreaterverticalequity.•Themanagementofresourceallocationinvolvesgivingattentiontoallthesemattersandhowtheyaffectrolesatdifferenthierarchicallevels.•Somefamilieslieaboutthenumberofpeopleintheirhouseholdinordertogetlargerfoodstampallocations.•Ijustknowwhogotthemoneyandwhoapprovedtheallocations.•Doestheallocationplanensurethatlearners'holidaysareknownwellinadvance?•Theallocationforatomicresearchhasbeendoubled.•Mostoftheseallocationswereforparksandrecreationprojects.•Specialticketallocationsweremadeformembersofthecompanyandtheirguests. FromLongmanBusinessDictionaryallocational‧lo‧ca‧tion/ˌæləˈkeɪʃən/noun1[countable,uncountable]theamountorshareofsomethingallocatedtoapersonororganization,ortheactofdecidinghowmuchofsomethingeachpersonororganizationshouldgetNewairlinesattheairportarebeinggivenpriorityintheallocationoftake-offandlandingslots.→resourceallocation2[countable]ACCOUNTINGFINANCEanamount,cost,orexpenseallocatedtoaparticularpartofacompany’saccountsItsper-shareearningsroseto$1.09afterexcludingextraordinaryitemsandallocationstoreserves.→costallocation3[countable]FINANCEthenumberofsharesallocatedtoeachpossiblebuyerwhennewsharesarefirstmadeavailableTheywillbesentdetailsoftheirshareallocationandwillreceiveaminimumof450shareseach. Quizzes Quizzes Takeourquickquizzestopractiseyourvocabulary. Wehavethousandsofsix-questionquizzestotry. Choosefromcollocations,synonyms,phrasalverbsandmore. Moreresults costallocation allocationletter resourceallocation letterofallocation Seeallresults Picturesoftheday Whatarethese? Clickonthepicturestocheck. Exploretopics Insurance Bicycles,carts,horses Christianity Paintinganddrawing Seealltopics Wordoftheday pour tomakealiquidorothersubstanceflowoutoforintoacontainerbyholdingitatanangle