Synonyms for allocation
ˌæl əˈkeɪ ʃənal·lo·ca·tion

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1. allotment, allocationnoun

   a share set aside for a specific purpose

   Synonyms:
   apportioning, apportionment, parceling, storage allocation, allotment, assignation, parcelling

2. allotment, apportionment, apportioning, allocation, parceling, parcelling, assignationnoun

   the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan

   "the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state"

   Synonyms:
   apportioning, apportionment, tryst, parceling, storage allocation, allotment, assignation, parcelling

3. allocation, storage allocationnoun

   (computer science) the assignment of particular areas of a magnetic disk to particular data or instructions

   Synonyms:
   storage allocation, apportionment, assignation, parceling, allotment, apportioning, parcelling

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1. List of paraphrases for "allocation":

   assignment, distribution, allowance, assigning, attribution, apportionment, allocations, mapping, award, allocating, allotment, awarding, stipend, appropriation, assignments, breakdown, allocate, assign, imputation, posting, earmarking, allocated, allowances, granting, envelope, stations, staffing, endowment, placement, dispatch, division, map, grant, sharing, benefit, provision, distributing

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1. Steward Bank:

   To assist in effective allocation of foreign currency reserves at this critical time, we would like to advise that with immediate effect, the bank has suspended DStv (digital satellite television) payments for all account classes (except premium).

2. Patrick Foye:

   I think it represents the single largest allocation of capital on one day in Port Authority history.

3. Marco Cota:

   It'll be taken to the board, and one of the themes will be the migration of one allocation ... a deep-water allocation.

4. Keith Sambur:

   There are questions as to how that’s going to be applied, how it could potentially be enforced, how parties will subscribe value to that allocation.

5. Elliot Hentov:

   A lot of sovereign wealth funds are now ageing and that matters for how you approach asset allocation as when you're scaling up your fund you're more likely to simply follow an existing template, i.e. mirror your peers, there's also an issue of scale. As funds get larger that can provide a constraint on the markets they want to invest in. You can still make selective contrarian bets but your portfolio is likely to be more fixed.