Allocative
the act of ; apportionment.
the state of being .
the share or portion .
Accounting. a system of dividing expenses and incomes among the various branches, departments, etc., of a business.
noun
the act of allocating or the state of being allocated
a part that is allocated; share
(accounting, Brit) a system of dividing overhead expenses between the various departments of a business
(social welfare) (in a Social Services Department) the process of assigning referrals to individual workers, thus changing their status to cases
n.
mid-15c., from Middle French allocacion, from Medieval Latin allocationem (nominative allocatio), noun of action from past participle stem of allocare (see allocate).
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