Thesaurus results for ALLOCATION

allocation

noun

Definition of allocation

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 Districts have up to three school years to spend each allocation, and any unspent money then reverts to the California Department of Education the following year. — Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026 Among family offices established more than 20 years ago, nearly half have alternative allocations above 40%, compared to 32% for newer family offices, according to the survey. — Robert Frank, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026 Neither state proposes an alternative to the Interior Department’s allocation; the thrust of their case is that the Interior Department hasn’t followed the law in imposing its own measures. — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026 Organizations reserve their allocation before production, with garments made in a single batch coordinated with the bulrush harvest. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2026 In a statement to CBS News Miami, the sheriff's office repeated that the purchase does not require a new budget allocation. — Ivan Taylor, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026 The next step is using AI to make that intelligence immediate, giving media owners greater control over pricing, allocation and yield as conditions change. — Denys Kanel, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026 Regardless of how that allocation happens on what timeline, at some point, enough money will go back into Starlink Mobile to pose a real threat to AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile, and that is just a matter of time. — Nilay Patel, The Verge, 17 Oct. 2026 Nearly 37% of investors surveyed named energy and electrification as their top sector for impact capital allocation, more than three times the next closest sector. — Sophie Dembinski, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026

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Smaller-scale landlords tend to be more flexible with tenants on issues such as late rent, data show, so the city should award grants or subsidies to help those landlords keep their properties habitable, Khanmalek said.

— Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
Tesla has its own stakes in Washington, where Congress and federal agencies can reshape electric-vehicle tax breaks, battery subsidies, autonomous-vehicle rules and trade policy affecting Chinese competitors.

— Luke Fountain,Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of subsidy

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The two saw that media companies were overly reliant on social media for distribution, and that profits were flowing to the likes of Facebook rather than to the creators of content.

— Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026
But permission for the public distribution or posting of either the video or photos was not given by the bishops.

— Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of distribution

Noun

The first allotment given to Jackson County, in 2024, was just under six hundred thousand dollars.

— Oliver Whang, New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2026
The pet carrier counts toward the passenger’s carry-on baggage allotment, and travelers flying with pets cannot sit in the emergency exit or bulkhead rows.

— Sarah Kuta, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Oct. 2026

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