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Allocation

ALLOCA'TION, n. [L. ad and locatio, a placing, from locus, place. See Local.] The act of putting one thing to another; hence its usual sense is the admission of an article of account, or an allowance made upon...

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ALLOCA'TION, n. [L. ad and locatio, a placing, from locus, place. See Local.]

The act of putting one thing to another; hence its usual sense is the admission of an article of account, or an allowance made upon an account; a term used in the English Exchequer. [See Allow.]

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