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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Allocation \Al'lo*ca"tion\, noun [LL. allocatio: cf. F. allocation.]
1. The act of putting one thing to another; a placing; disposition; arrangement. --Hallam.
2. An allotment or apportionment; as, an allocation of shares in a company.
The allocation of the particular portions of Palestine to its successive inhabitants. --A. R. Stanley.
3. The admission of an item in an account, or an allowance made upon an account; -- a term used in the English exchequer. ||
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
allocation
noun
1: a share set aside for a specific purpose [syn: {allotment}]
2: 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" [syn: {allotment}, {apportionment}, {apportioning}, {parceling}, {parcelling}, {assignation}]
3: (computer science) the assignment of particular areas of a magnetic disk to particular data or instructions
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
59 Moby Thesaurus words for "allocation": allotment, appointment, apportionment, appropriation, arrangement, array, arraying, assignment, attribution, collation, collocation, constitution, denomination, deployment, deposit, deposition, designation, determination, disposal, disposition, distribution, earmarking, emplacement, fixing, form, formation, formulation, lading, loading, localization, locating, location, marshaling, order, ordering, packing, pinning down, pinpointing, placement, placing, positioning, posting, precision, putting, regimentation, reposition, selection, setting aside, signification, situation, specification, spotting, stationing, stipulation, storage, stowage, structuring, syntax, tagging
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