- (n.) The act of putting one thing to another; a placing; disposition; arrangement.
- (n.) The admission of an item in an account or an allowance made upon an account; -- a term used in the English exchequer.
- (n.) An allotment or apportionment; as, an allocation of shares in a company.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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