funding allocations
Money parceled out
Funding allocations are distributions of money designated for specific purposes within a budget.
Organizations divide available funds among departments, projects, or priorities: The committee reviewed funding allocations for next fiscal year.
The term appears frequently in government, nonprofit, and corporate contexts where resources must be formally apportioned among competing needs.
- earmarksDesignates for specific use
- pork barrelSelf-serving political spending
- appropriations billLegislation authorizing government expenditures
- line itemDiscrete budgetary allocation
- budget proposalFormal spending plan submission
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funding allocationsfunding cuts
Reductions in allocated money
budget cuts · defunding · divestment · deallocation · austerity measures