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

1. noun. The act of putting one thing to another; a placing; disposition; arrangement.
2. noun. An allotment or apportionment; as, an allocation of shares in a company.
3. noun. The admission of an item in an account, or an allowance made upon an account; -- a term used in the English exchequer.
4. noun. (computer science) the assignment of particular areas of a magnetic disk to particular data or instructions
5. noun. 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"

   Synonyms: allotment, apportioning, apportionment, assignation, parceling, parcelling

6. noun. a share set aside for a specific purpose

   Synonyms: allotment

Synonyms

allotment, apportioning, apportionment, assignation, parceling, parcelling

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in allocation:

locational

Common word forms

allocations

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