allocation Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a share set aside for a specific purpose
    allotment.
  2. noun the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan
    parceling; apportionment; apportioning; allotment; parcelling; assignation.
    • the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state
  3. noun (computer science) the assignment of particular areas of a magnetic disk to particular data or instructions
    storage allocation.

WordNet

Al`lo*ca"tion noun
Etymology
LL. allocatio: cf. F. allocation.
Definitions
  1. The act of putting one thing to another; a placing; disposition; arrangement. Hallam.
  2. An allotment or apportionment; as, an allocation of shares in a company.
    The allocation of the particular portions of Palestine to its successive inhabitants. A. R. Stanley.
  3. The admission of an item in an account, or an allowance made upon an account; -- a term used in the English exchequer.

Webster 1913