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allocation

[al-uh-kay-shuhn] / ˌæl əˈkeɪ ʃən /
NOUN
distribution
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Antonyms
STRONG


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But it still needs final security clearances and spectrum allocation before it can begin commercial services.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

A “bond-tent strategy” involves gradually exposing your portfolio’s allocation to bonds in the years leading up to retirement, keeping a higher bond allocation early after retiring and gradually lowering that exposure later.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

For younger adults, a 5% to 20% target allocation to bonds is probably the right amount, she added, given that the majority still should probably be in equities, given their longer-term investment horizons.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

I went into the process primarily worried about our allocation to U.S. stocks, which far exceeded recommended norms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

Maddie’s egg allocation amounted to one per week.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

That “passive autopilot” function means investors tend to stick with those allocations, even when bonds start looking more attractive, Bassman said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

But the fears aren’t being matched — yet — by fund managers’ asset allocations.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

The increases were directed at passenger vehicles filling up beyond their allocated quotas and come after Tehran already cut the monthly subsidized allocations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

The March cup meeting was the first time Celtic supporters have been given the full Broomloan Road Stand allocation at Ibrox since away allocations were reduced to fewer than 1,000 in 2018.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

Department of Defense antidrug allocations increased from $33 million in 1981 to $1,042 million in 1991.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander




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