Allocation

An Allocation is a distribution of available resources between various municipalities or cost center; or an assignment of cost to various cost objectives.

• Example(s)
  • Resource Allocation.
• Counter-Example(s)
  • Asset Allocation.
  • Tax-Allocation district

See: Resources, Block Allocation Map, Allocator (C++), Delayed Allocation, File Allocation Table, IP Address Allocation, Memory Allocation, Cache (Computing), Register Allocation, Resource Allocation, Asset Allocation, Economic System.

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References

2016a

• (Wikipedia, 2016) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/allocation Retrieved:2016-10-5.
  • Allocation may refer to: …

2016b

• (City Council of Barnstable, 2016b) ⇒ Town of Barnstable. (2016). “Town of Barnstable Adopted Operating Budget - 2017."
  • QUOTE: Allocation: The distribution of available monies, personnel, buildings and equipment among various Town departments, divisions or cost centers.

2016c

• CDER Library v1.5.1.
  • QUOTE: Allocation means the process of assigning a cost, or a group of costs, to one or more cost objective(s), in reasonable proportion to the benefit provided or other equitable relationship. The process may entail assigning a cost(s) directly to a final cost objective or through one or more intermediate cost objectives.

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