allocation

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

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noun a share set aside for a specific purpose
noun the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan
noun (computer science) the assignment of particular areas of a magnetic disk to particular data or instructions

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

There are Unicode allocations for these (in HTML Ȝ and ȝ) but at present no font which implements these. — Sir Gawayne and the Green Knight: An Alliterative Romance-Poem (c. 1360 A.D.), Unknown
Three thousand marks a year, allocation to your widow after ten years of service, extra fees—I should think you would regard that as a most enticing offer. — The Goose Man, Jakob Wassermann
The plan that Sir Thomas proposed to the King, and which was put into execution, Lord Clifford has most kindly sketched out as follows: 'The first Lord Clifford of Chudleigh was made Lord Treasurer by Charles II, and recommended the King to seize the money deposited in the Exchequer and secured by the allocation of various revenues. — Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts, Rosalind Northcote

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