allocation

noun

1. the act of allocating; apportionment.
2. the state of being allocated.
3. the share or portion allocated.
4. Accounting. a system of dividing expenses and incomes among the various branches, departments, etc., of a business.

noun

1. the act of allocating or the state of being allocated
2. a part that is allocated; share
3. accounting, British a system of dividing overhead expenses between the various departments of a business
4. social welfare (in a Social Services Department) the process of assigning referrals to individual workers, thus changing their status to cases