Thesaurus results for ALLOCATIONS

allocations

noun

plural of allocation

as in subsidies

a sum of money allotted for a specific use by official or formal action recognizing the importance of the arts in the health of a city, the council increased the allocation for the city's annual jazz festival

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the act or process of giving out something to each member of a group the allocation of Halloween candy became my job when I was too old to go trick-or-treating myself

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Recent Examples of allocations Parents at venture firms can also donate money or direct small portions of their personal investment allocations in deals to the school. — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2026 Apple remains tethered to a September launch cadence because altering the timeline would destabilize TSMC silicon allocations, inflate pre-holiday cargo shipping costs, and disrupt carrier contract renewal cycles. — Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026 The program manages employee product benefit allocations, such as athletic apparel allotment and stipend programs. — Christa Swanson, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026 Bitcoin is often held alongside more stable assets, as allocations are often limited. — Matthew Kayser, Ascend Agency, 10 Aug. 2026 Processing capacity, government allocations and commercial economics still shape final output. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 7 Aug. 2026 According to salary-cap data from Spotrac, Denver was set to commit roughly 18% of its 2026 cap allocations to its starting five offensive linemen, before Powers’ pay cut. — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 28 July 2026 The Australian Open will cap grounds pass allocations for 2027, on the back of a record-breaking 2026 event which saw just under 1,370,000 fans visit. — James Hansen, New York Times, 27 July 2026 Commentary on balancing internal compute allocations with devoting resources to rent externally will also be notable, given Microsoft continues to invest in Copilot and its first-party AI models. — Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 26 July 2026

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Jeffries vowed to reverse cuts to Medicaid and Affordable Care Act subsidies should Democrats retake the House majority in November.

— Kiara Moore, The Washington Examiner, 16 Aug. 2026
The state is often not an effective allocator of capital; in recent years, driven by government subsidies and centralised production goals, supply has massively outpaced demand in the real estate and green tech sectors.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 15 Aug. 2026

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Combined with more money than ever from domestic prize-money distributions, the Premier League’s middle has probably never been stronger.

— Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2026
The judge’s new ruling means Barrow, as trustee of Voletta’s trust, is entitled to receive her 25 percent share of distributions from the Primary Wave deal.

— Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2026

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Private student loans are a common pay to pay for what savings, federal loans, scholarships and grants don’t cover.

— Faith Wakefield, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2026
His allies in the legal community especially recalled his work on behalf of the mentally ill through the Broward Behavioral Health Coalition, or BBHC, which manages state and federal grants for substance abuse and mental health programs.

— Steve Bousquet, Sun Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2026

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Some addicts learned to game the system by obtaining daily allotments of hydromorphone pills—15 or more a day was typical—and then selling them to dealers in exchange for stronger fentanyl concoctions.

— Michael Powell, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026
These phones have different sizes and shapes, different memory and storage allotments, and different camera systems.

— Florence Ion, PC Magazine, 24 July 2026

Definition of allotments

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In a biannual appropriations committee hearing, bills added to the suspense file during the Legislative session are permitted to move to the Senate or Assembly floor or are quietly halted.

— Sofia Williams, Sacbee.com, 14 Aug. 2026
But once similar requirements appear in state statutes, appropriations bills or governing-board directives, the institution no longer controls the terms.

— David Rosowsky, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

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