allocation

Meanings

Plural: allocations

Noun

• a share set aside for a specific purpose
• the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan
• (computer science) the assignment of particular areas of a magnetic disk to particular data or instructions
• The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.
• That which is allocated; allowance, entitlement.
• Restriction of an embryonic cell and its clonal descendants to a particular cell type or body region

Synonyms

allotment, apportioning, apportionment, assignation, parceling, parcelling, storage allocation