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Allocation

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apportionmentnoun(US) The distribution of members of the House of Representatives according to the population of the various states.
allotmentnounSomething allotted; a share, part, or portion granted or distributed
parcelingnoun(nautical) Alternative form of parcelling. [(nautical) One of the long, narrow slips of canvas daubed with tar and wound about a rope like a bandage, before it is served; used also in mousing on the stays, etc.]
apportioningnounapportionment
parcellingnounA system for dividing something up.

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allotmentnounSomething allotted; a share, part, or portion granted or distributed
apportionmentnoun(US) The distribution of members of the House of Representatives according to the population of the various states.
apportioningnounapportionment
parcelingnoun(nautical) Alternative form of parcelling. [(nautical) One of the long, narrow slips of canvas daubed with tar and wound about a rope like a bandage, before it is served; used also in mousing on the stays, etc.]
parcellingnounA system for dividing something up.
distributionnounAn act of distributing or state of being distributed.
dolenoun(informal) Payment by the state to the unemployed; unemployment benefits.
distributeverb(transitive) To divide into portions and dispense.
quotanounA prescribed number or percentage that may serve as, for example, a maximum, a minimum, or a goal.
sharenounA portion of something, especially a portion given or allotted to someone.
distributionalOf or pertaining to distribution
redistributionnounThe act of changing the distribution of resources.
distributivenoun(grammar) A distributive adjective or pronoun.
sharingnounThe act by which something is shared.
apportionverb(transitive) To divide and distribute portions of a whole.
assignnounAn assignee.
repartitionnounA distribution or apportioning of something again.
assignmentnounThe act of assigning; the allocation of a job or a set of tasks.
dispensenoun(obsolete) Cost, expenditure.
taskingnoun(military, law enforcement) A task; an assigned item of work.

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