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noun

allocation

a share set aside for a specific purpose

In a sentence

Six example sentences with allocation, each labelled with its topic.

  • Her retirement plan keeps a small allocation for emerging markets, currently eight percent, and the rest sits in index funds.

    Finance

  • The council fought for weeks over the road allocation, which set aside two million dollars purely for bridge repairs.

    Politics

  • Every squad gets an allocation of three revives per match, and spending them early leaves nothing for the final circle.

    Gaming

  • Water allocation in the valley gives farms eighty percent, leaving the towns to argue over the rest each summer.

    Economics

  • The seed budget kept an allocation of forty thousand dollars for legal fees, and the founders spent every cent.

    Startups

  • Each tour group receives an allocation of thirty entry tickets, and nobody else gets in once those are used.

    Travel

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