allocations
Divvied up shares
Allocations are portions of something—usually money, resources, or time—that have been set aside for a particular purpose.
The word emphasizes deliberate distribution rather than random division: Budget allocations for education increased this year.
In computing, memory allocations refer to blocks of storage assigned to programs or processes.
The term appears frequently in business, government, and technical contexts where systematic distribution of limited resources matters.
Division into shares
- allotmentDesignated share or portion
- disbursementDistribution of funds
- rationingLimiting distribution during scarcity
- divvyingDistributing into portions
parceling · meting · partitioning · proration · quota · share · portion · dispensation
Money paid out
- expensesMoney spent on things
- revenueBusiness income total
- costsAmounts required to pay
- incomeRegular monetary receipts
surplus · deficit · overhead · cashflow · forecasting · accounts · ledger · financials
Collected works or assets
- equitiesOwnership stakes in corporations
- securitiesTradeable financial assets
- stocksOwnership stakes or inventory
- bondsTies that unite
diversification · rebalancing · risk · return · dividends · retirement · shares · commodities
Available labor force
- workforceAll available workers
- personnelWorkers at an organization
- timeMeasured passage of moments
- bandwidthData transmission capacity
capacity · equipment · facilities · assets · supplies · inventory · infrastructure · computing
Bestow or award money
- subsidyFinancial assistance from government
- endowmentPermanent donated fund
- appropriationUnauthorized claiming or allocation
- aidSupport given freely
assistance · scholarship · fellowship · sponsorship · donation · contribution · philanthropy · bequest
Planned approach to goals
- prioritizationRanking by importance
- schedulingAssigning times to events
- forecastingEstimating future conditions
- roadmapDetailed plan forward
timeline · projections · scenarios · milestones · objectives · coordination · logistics · workflow
apportionment
Division into shares
- allotmentDesignated share or portion
- disbursementDistribution of funds
- rationingLimiting distribution during scarcity
divvying · parceling · meting · partitioning · proration · quota · share · portion · dispensation · provisioning
expenditure
Money paid out
income · surplus · deficit · overhead · cashflow · forecasting · accounts · ledger · financials · balance
portfolio
Collected works or assets
- equitiesOwnership stakes in corporations
- securitiesTradeable financial assets
- stocksOwnership stakes or inventory
bonds · diversification · rebalancing · risk · return · dividends · retirement · shares · commodities
manpower
Available labor force
bandwidth · capacity · equipment · facilities · assets · supplies · inventory · infrastructure · computing · memory
grant
Bestow or award money
- subsidyFinancial assistance from government
- endowmentPermanent donated fund
- appropriationUnauthorized claiming or allocation
aid · assistance · scholarship · fellowship · sponsorship · donation · contribution · philanthropy · bequest · patronage
strategy
Planned approach to goals
- prioritizationRanking by importance
- schedulingAssigning times to events
- forecastingEstimating future conditions
roadmap · timeline · projections · scenarios · milestones · objectives · coordination · logistics · workflow · tradeoffs
- rationingration stamps, coupon books, coupons, food rationing, gas rations
- resourcesresources, money, natural resources, human resources, financial resources
- budgetingbudget, budgets, budget app, budget template, budget review
- budgetsbudget, budgets, annual budget, capital budget, cash budget
- projectsproject, projects, tasks, milestones, deadlines
- student governmentstudent council, student government, student senate, class president, treasurer
allocationswholes
Complete unified amounts
totals · aggregates · entireties · lump sums · bulk
allocationsaggregations
Collected groupings of items
consolidations · collections · accumulations · centralizations · concentrations
- asset allocationDistributing investments strategically
- budget allocationPlanned distribution of funds
- time allocationDistributing hours among tasks
- resource allocationAssigning available means strategically
- funding allocationDistribution of financial resources
- healthcare allocationDistribution of medical resources