An allotment or apportionment; as, an allocation of shares in a company.
The process of determining how organs are distributed. Allocation includes the system of policies and guidelines, which ensure that organs and tissues are distributed fairly to those waiting.
The systematic distribution of a limited quantity of resources over various time periods, products, operations, or investments. see also asset allocation.
The process of distributing quantities, charges and other numerical data on a percentage basis.
the process of apportionment of a collection to a specific noncustodial parent's obligation based on the legal order for support to satisfy the various classes of the noncustodial parent's receivables.
The administrative distribution of funds that do not have prescribed statutory distribution formulas.
A dollar or personnel-year amount established within an appropriation. For an organization or program, the allocation represents the expenditure ceiling. The terms Allocation and Allotment are often used interchangeably. An allocation is an administrative distribution and used for funds that do not have statutory distribution formulas.
The process of determining how organs are distributed. Allocation includes the system of policies and guidelines, which ensure that organs are distributed in an equitable, ethical and medically sound manner.
the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan; "the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state"
Distribution of production from a number of wells in a particular field. Each well is adjusted to produce at its most efficient rate after the total production from the field is determined.
The percentage of every contribution that the participant elects to invest in each of the plan's investment fund options, subject to employer restrictions, for different contribution types (employer, employee and portable benefits/rollover sources). (See also "reallocation.")
an amount given out or distributed
The method of distributing sample sizes to the strata in a stratified sample. Two commonly used methods of allocation are: proportional allocation where the sample size of a stratum is proportional to the population size of the stratum, and optimum allocation in which the sample sizes are allocated to the strata in such a manner as to minimize the standard error for some particular estimate.
The number of fish assigned or allotted to a particular group or individual.
The system of ensuring that organs and tissues are distributed fairly to patients who are in need.
Distribution of organs and tissues to patients according to a set plan. Jump to Top
The process determining how much of each good is produced and how it is distributed among different users. Markets, central planning, and participatory planning are different systems of allocation.
Method for dividing federal funds among states when no distribution formula exists.
The employer’s contribution to a defined contribution plan.
distribution of an amount. For example, an employer contribution may be allocated to the accounts of eligible employees, or a contribution may be allocated among available investment funds.
The processing of contributions received by an Administrator to record them in a member's account.
A limit set by a manufacturer on the total amount of a retailer's or wholesaler's product order during a promotional period. See forced distribution.
An authorization, by a DoD component designated official, making funds available within a prescribed amount to an operating agency for the purpose of making allotments (i.e., the first subdivision of an apportionment).
Distribution of adjustments (both positive and negative) to units colleges and offices, the total of which equals the UW's allotment.
An administrative distribution of funds among the states, done for funds that do not have statutory distribution formulas.
Distribution of the opportunity to fish among user groups or individuals. The share a user group gets is sometimes based on historic harvest amounts.
distribution or sharing out of resouces.
The distribution of the employer's contribution to the account of each participant. In a profit sharing plan, it also refers to the distribution of earnings and forfeitures for the various accounts.
(DOD) The apportionment of specific numbers and types of nuclear weapons to a commander for a stated time period as a planning factor for use in the development of war plans. Additional authority is required for the actual deployment of allocated weapons to locations desired by the commander to support the war plans. Expenditures of these weapons are not authorized until released by proper authority.