| 单词 | allocation |
| 释义 | allocation (once / 5834 pages) n If it is your job to decide how much money goes to three charities, you are in charge of the allocation of your donation. The money each charity gets is their allocation. You'll often hear this word used when talking about things like government funding. People often debate the allocation of federal funds. Should tax dollars be used for the military, or for domestic needs like education and healthcare? These decisions are made by Congress and the President, who work together to create a budget to allocate funds appropriately. WORD FAMILYallocation: allocations+/allocate: allocable, allocatable, allocated, allocates, allocating, allocation, allocator, reallocate/allocator: allocators/reallocate: reallocated, reallocates, reallocating, reallocation/reallocation: reallocations USAGE EXAMPLES“As species of fish move north, the allocation levels should migrate with them.” New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) Evidence indicates that assistance from a commission-compensated financial adviser leads to lower-quality asset allocations than simply leaving people to invest on their own. Washington Post(Dec 28, 2016) Allocations for honey, for example, were so low that they were filled in the first six weeks of the year. New York Times(Dec 23, 2016) 1n the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan Syn|Hypo|Hyper allotment, apportioning, apportionment, assignation, parceling, parcelling grant, subsidisation, subsidization the act of providing a subsidy reallocation, reallotment, reapportionmenta new apportionment (especially a new apportionment of congressional seats in the United States on the basis of census results) dealthe act of apportioning or distributing something rationingthe act of rationing parcel, portion, sharethe allotment of some amount by dividing something award, awardinga grant made by a law court block granta grant of federal money to state and local governments to support social welfare programs grant-in-aida grant from a central government to a local government reshufflea redistribution of something new deala reapportioning of something distribution the act of distributing or spreading or apportioning 2n (computer science) the assignment of particular areas of a magnetic disk to particular data or instructions Syn|Hyper storage allocation assigning, assignment the act of distributing something to designated places or persons 3n a share set aside for a specific purpose Syn|Hypo|Hyper allotment reallocation a share that has been allocated again quotaa proportional share assigned to each participant part, percentage, portion, share assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group |
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