Dictionary Entry
allocation
allocation is a 10-letter English word with 6 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of putting one thing to another; a placing; disposition; arrangement. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
10 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 16 · 6 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
The act of putting one thing to another; a placing; disposition; arrangement.
- 2noun
An allotment or apportionment; as, an allocation of shares in a company.
- 3noun
The admission of an item in an account, or an allowance made upon an account; -- a term used in the English exchequer.
- 4noun
(computer science) the assignment of particular areas of a magnetic disk to particular data or instructions
- 5noun
the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan
"the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state"
- 6noun
a share set aside for a specific purpose
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