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allocation

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


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But the match allocation has once again come into focus after the schedule for next year's series was confirmed in July.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

Cash levels at 3.5% have rarely been this low since the turn of the millennium and the allocation to stocks is also a five-year high.

From MarketWatch Aug. 18, 2026

Open Cup, before being sent west for $1 million in allocation money last December.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

That £27.4m is being spent via Stormont departments, with the biggest allocation of £13m going to the Department for the Economy.

From BBC Aug. 10, 2026

Maddie’s egg allocation amounted to one per week.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

StubHub said tickets can legitimately enter the secondary market early through presales or authorized partner allocations.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

In his role, Hilliard was in charge of managing employee product benefit allocations from the Nike Elite program.

From Barron's Aug. 10, 2026

Ares’s alternative credit strategy focuses on asset-based finance, a fast-growing area of private credit that has attracted sizable capital allocations from investors.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

But the fund also has sizable allocations to the industrial and consumer discretionary sectors, with 30% of its assets in those two sectors.

From Barron's Jun. 30, 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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