allocation

From Middle French allocacion, from Medieval Latin allocātiō. By surface analysis, allocate +‎ -ion.

• IPA^(key): /ˌæl.əˈkeɪ.ʃən/

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allocation (countable and uncountable, plural allocations)

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

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

   • 2024 January 10, Chris Gilson, “RAIL's famous five...”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 27:

     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.

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

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

• allocation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• (embryology) J.M.W. Slack (1991) “The concepts of experimental embryology”, in From Egg to Embryo, 2 edition, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 31, 32

• locational

Inherited from Middle French allocacion, from Medieval Latin allocātiōnem.

• IPA^(key): /a.lɔ.ka.sjɔ̃/

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allocation f (plural allocations)

1. allocation
2. granting, assignment
3. benefit, allowance

• allocation familiale

• “allocation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.