dispensations

noun

plural of dispensation
as in distributions
the act or process of giving out something to each member of a group the emergency dispensation of medicine to the sick

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  1. distributions
  2. allocations
Noun
  • Manchester City are likely to top the list of distributions to clubs under FIFA’s Club Benefits Programme (CBP) for the third World Cup in succession, calculations from The Athletic have found.
    — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 21 July 2026
  • In 2025, Hanover Township gave away 1,800 backpacks filled with supplies during the distributions.
    — Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026
Definition of distributions
Noun
  • Top-down approach The firm takes a top-down macro approach when deciding the portfolio’s allocations.
    — Michelle Fox, CNBC, 16 July 2026
  • But its appropriation process has come under more intense scrutiny in recent weeks after a supposedly fake investment promotion agency was found to have received allocations from the budget.
    — Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 10 July 2026
Definition of allocations
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