Thesaurus results for ALLOCATION

allocation

noun

as in subsidy

a sum of money allotted for a specific use by official or formal action recognizing the importance of the arts in the health of a city, the council increased the allocation for the city's annual jazz festival

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as in distribution

the act or process of giving out something to each member of a group the allocation of Halloween candy became my job when I was too old to go trick-or-treating myself

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Recent Examples of allocation Last week, Iran’s football federation announced that its entire ticket allocation had been withdrawn, leaving fans who had already made travel plans with nothing. —

Julia Vargas Jones, CNN Money, 14 June 2026 CalFresh offers low-income state residents aid through monthly allocations of food stamps to purchase items at grocery stores and markets. —

Lizzie Kane june 14, Sacbee.com, 14 June 2026 Because the company set aside 30% of shares for retail investors, a much higher allocation than typical IPOs, Johnsen will have heavy lifting to do in articulating SpaceX’s role in the space and AI sectors. —

Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 13 June 2026 Despite a large retail allocation and a huge amount of hype, trading wasn’t especially volatile and the positive momentum continued after the market closed for the weekend. —

Tobias Burns, CNBC, 13 June 2026 For a full-year AI subscription, deduct the business-use percentage based on a reasonable method, such as time used, number of projects, or another consistent allocation. —

Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026 This single-product-line architecture reduces setup changeover time and allows process engineers to optimize fixturing, weld sequencing, and quality inspection around a single repeating geometry—a standard lean-manufacturing approach when volume and schedule pressure justify the capital allocation. —

Aditya Jadhav, Interesting Engineering, 12 June 2026 McDavid had 68 first-place votes, and MacKinnon had 52, marking the first time since the current 10-7-5-3-1 points allocation system was established in 1995-96 that all three finalists received at least 25 percent of all first-place votes. —

Mercury News, 12 June 2026

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As many agencies have limited how noncitizens can qualify for programs — like housing subsidies or commercial trucking licenses — the SBA moved to do the same.

— Alina Selyukh, NPR, 12 June 2026
In Miami-Dade, public housing is owned and operated by the county, while affordable and workforce housing are privately owned and operated, with developers receiving government incentives and subsidies to keep rents at affordable levels for different income tiers.

— Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 12 June 2026