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 an [..]

A clinical trial design strategy used to assign participants to an arm of a study. Types of Allocations include randomized and nonrandomized. (See also Allocation data element on ClinicalTrials.gov.)

1[countable] an amount of money, space, etc. that is given to someone for a particular purpose We have spent our entire allocation for the year.2[uncountable] the act of giving something to someone fo [..]

(1) The assignment to individual policies of the obligation to defend or indemnify an insured when injury or damage has occurred during a succession of policy periods. (2) The determination of which [..]

mid-15c., from Middle French allocacion, from Medieval Latin allocationem (nominative allocatio), noun of action from past participle stem of allocare (see allocate).

A sorting process that consists of breaking a homogeneous supply down into smaller and smaller lots.

See Abstraction.

1) A distribution of costs using calculations that may be unrelated to physical observations or direct or repeatable cause-and-effect relationships. Because of the arbitrary nature of allocations, cos [..]

The process of setting bonds apart for the purpose of distribution to syndicate members. This term is often used interchangeably with “allotment.” See: RETENTION.

The process of allocating work on an activity to specific Resources. [D03588]

The practice of rationing customer orders at times of supply shortage.  For example, all customers may have only part, say 50%, of their original orders delivered so that only, for example, 50% of the [..]

The process of distributing resources for the production of goods and services, and of distributing goods and services for consumption by households. This process of allocation is essential to an econ [..]

allotment: a share set aside for a specific purpose allotment: the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan; "the apportionment of seats in the H [..]

Entry in the Table of Frequency Allocations of a given frequency band for the purpose of its use by one or more (terrestrial or space) radiocommunication services or the radio astronomy service under specified conditions. This term shall also be applied to the frequency band concerned. [NTIA] [RR] 2. The process of designating radio-frequency bands [..]

The assigning or dividing up of amounts. For example, depreciation is an allocation process because it assigns an asset's cost to expense in each of the years the asset is expected to be used. Th [..]

Definition The systematic distribution of a limited quantity resources over various time periods, products, operations, or investments.

The process of determining ownership rights to the gas delivered to a meter.

A quantity of time, money, materials, or other resources reserved by an organization for a specific purpose, usually to meet a need essential to realizing its goals and objectives. In most libraries a [..]

The apportionment of cost in a manufacturing operation, either from fixed overhead to a work center, or from a work center to a profit center. If a factory has three production departments, how much of the maintenance budget each department receives is referred to as an allocation.

usually refers to an ‘allocation of rooms’ (e.g a conference may have an allocation of rooms at an agreed rate)

The process of assigning a cost, or a group of costs, to one or more cost objective(s), in reasonable proportion to the benefit provided or other equitable relationship. The process may entail assigni [..]

 Under an emissions trading scheme, permits to emit can initially either be given away for free, usually under a ‘grandfathering’ approach based on past emissions in a base year or an ‘updating’ appro [..]

The assignment and reassignment of a cost or group of costs to one or more cost objectives based on a reasonable standard.  Terms with assorted shades of meaning are cost reallocation, cost assignment [..]

  Budget amount given to spend during the fiscal year.

A method of accounting that divides expenses among different program, administrative, and fundraising categories based on a formula that recognizes the use of the resources such as use of the facility or staff time.

Address space allocated by APNIC or NIRs to LIRs for the purpose of subsequent distribution by LIRs to their customers.

Allocation means the process of assigning a cost, or a group of costs, to one or more cost objective(s), in reasonable proportion to the benefit provided or other equitable relationship. The process may entail assigning a cost(s) directly to a final cost objective or through one or more intermediate cost objectives (2 CFR §200.4)

(n) a share set aside for a specific purpose(n) the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan(n) (computer science) the assignment of particular areas of a mag [..]

A clinical trial design strategy used to assign participants to an arm of a study. Types of Allocation include Randomized, and Nonrandomized. Source: clinicaltrials.gov

Distribution, Assignment. To distribute and assign each party his/her share of the space on a vessel.

— An administrative distribution of funds, for example, federal funds among the states; used for funds that do not have legislatively mandated distribution formula.

An authorization by a designated official of a DoD component making funds available within a prescribed amount to an operating agency for the purpose of making funding allotments (i.e., the first subd [..]

Refers to an authorization for a specific parking assignment.

n. asignación

an amount of money determined by the state and given out to districts.

Each dealer has a certain number of cars for different factory order build slots. E.g. They could have 10 slots to build a model of car in one month. Some dealers can offer quicker delivery if they haven't yet filled their allocation for an upcoming month

(n.) A set number of bottles that a winery or distributor will release to a restaurant, consumer or store; More

The assignment, to each of several particular cost-centers, of an equitable proportion of the costs of activities that serve all of them. Cost-center usually refers to institutional departments or ser [..]

A process involving chance used in Therapeutic trials or other Research endeavor for allocating experimental subjects, Human or Animal, between treatment and Control Groups, or among treatment groups. [..]

Societal or individual decisions about the equitable distribution of available resources.

The process of assigning activities, costs or facilities e.g. space to a certain organisational units.

See Deployment

Deployment

the stage at which magistrates will decide whether to try a case that can be heard either by them or in the Crown Court.

The allocation of a slot determines where the storage for the slot’s value is allocated, and determines which instances share the value of the slot. There are four kinds of allocation: instance, class [..]

The quantity of municipal bonds an underwriter, selling group member or customer receives in a primary market offering (typically received within 24 hours of the end of the order period).

A process of prorating money from one noncustodial parent to more than one child support case.

Placing Action Counters on Skills without exceeding the Skill. This includes Allocate, re-Allocate, re-Allocating and Allocation.

A part of a lump-sum appropriation that is designated for expenditure by specific governmental units and/or for specific purposes, activities, or objects. Refer to EXPENDITURE AUTHORITY

The accepted purview of economics is the allocation of scarce resources. Allocation comprises production and exchange, reflecting a fundamental division between processes that transform commodities (i [..]

allocation of available inventory to customer and production orders Audit:

Soft allocation refers to a quantity of an inventory item that is reserved for use in a specific warehouse operation. The inventory still appears on reports and is visible throughout the warehouse.

 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.allowance:

The partitioning of emissions and removals from a common process between the studied product’s life cycle and the life cycle of the co-product(s).

Plan for how organs are distributed. The United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) lists organs in the order they should be allocated.

The process of determining how organs are distributed. Allocation includes the system of policies and guidelines, which ensure that organs are distributed in an equitable, ethical and medically sound [..]

The process of determining how organs are distributed. Allocation includes the system of policies and guidelines, that ensure organs are distributed in an equitable, ethical and medically sound manner [..]

usually refers to the giving out of something such as permits to trap or hunt.

See land ratio method.

See requirements allocation.

The division of things into shares or portions. In economics, the term refers primarily to the “allocation of resources,” the process by which economic resources get allotted (apportioned, assigned) t [..]

Allocation may refer to: In computers: Block allocation map C++ allocators Delayed allocation File allocation table IP address allocation Memory allocation No-write allocation (cache) Register alloca [..]

In the petroleum industry, allocation refers to practices of breaking down measures of quantities of extracted hydrocarbons across various contributing sources. Allocation aids the attribution of own [..]

The system of ensuring that organs and tissues are distributed fairly to patients who are in need.

Creating the units at the prevailing unit price offered by the life insurer. This is applicable in case of premium payments, top up payments and switches.