Look up: allocation

1. allocation
   A limit set by a manufacturer on the total amount of a retailer's or wholesaler's product order during a promotional period. See forced distribution.
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2. Allocation
   The actual supplying of money so that R & D work may commence.
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3. allocation
   [n] - (computer science) the assignment of particular areas of a magnetic disk to particular data or instructions
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4. Allocation
   Unit Within a hard disk file system, an allocation unit is the smallest amount of disk space that can be allocated to hold a file. The smaller the allocation unit size, the more efficiently a disk stores information.
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5. allocation
   a) the act of selecting and indicating the account (s) in which a transaction should be recorded; b) attribution of an item to a budget heading Category: Commerce - movement of goods • placing one subject in context with,or near to,another subject Category: Documentation and informati...
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6. Allocation
   The process by which a judge assigns a defended civil case, to one of three case management tracks, the small claims track, the fast track or the multi-track
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7. Allocation
   Al`lo·ca'tion noun [ Late Latin allocatio : confer French allocation .] 1. The act of putting one thing to another; a placing; disposition; arrangement. Hallam. 2. An allotment or apportionment; as, an allocati...
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8. allocation
   noun (computer science) the assignment of particular areas of a magnetic disk to particular data or instructions
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9. Allocation
   • (n.) The act of putting one thing to another; a placing; disposition; arrangement. • (n.) The admission of an item in an account, or an allowance made upon an account; -- a term used in the English exchequer. • (n.) An allotment or apportionment; as, an allocation of shares in a company.
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10. Allocation
    An assignment of economic resources to uses. Thus, in general equilibrium, an assignment of factors to industries producing goods and services, together with the assignment of resulting final goods and services to consumers, within a country or throughout the world economy.
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11. allocation
    Distribution according to a plan. Depreciation, amortization, and depletion are methods to allocate costs to periods benefited.
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12. allocation
    
    • a share set aside for a specific purpose
    • the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning
    • (computer science) the assignment of particular areas of a magnetic disk to particular data or instructions
    
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13. allocation
    attribution, planned by an international or national authority, of a frequency band to one or more radiocommunication services or to radio astronomy, under specified conditions NOTE - A formal definition is given in the ITU Radio Regulations.
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14. Allocation
    (MLS) In Major League Soccer, an `allocation` represents an amount of money teams can use to sign players and/or allocate to their salaries to get under the salary cap. Allocations are given to teams that have missed the playoffs the previous seasons, given to expansion teams, or awarded as c...
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