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admeasurements

noun

plural of admeasurement
as in distributions
the act or process of giving out something to each member of a group the admeasurement of the company's profits among its employees is based strictly upon seniority

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  1. distributions
  2. allocations
Noun
  • This year, the treasurer expects distributions from September bills to begin landing in October.
    — A.D. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
  • The research team’s next release, LandScan Mosaic Timeseries (LSM-TS), will have annual population distributions spanning 50 years, from 1975 through 2024.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of distributions
Noun
  • Structured computation and data management, including calculations, allocations and scenario modeling, should remain within deterministic planning systems, while agents orchestrate and interpret on top of that foundation.
    — Hemant Kapadia, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
  • The tax-aware long-short SMA trade became the hottest product in wealth management, and the two biggest custodians are actively shutting it down for new advisor allocations.
    — Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of allocations
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“Admeasurements.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/admeasurements. Accessed 24 Sep. 2026.

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