1. (

• allotment ,
• allocation

) a share set aside for a specific purpose ;

2. (

• allotment ,
• apportionment ,
• apportioning ,
• allocation ,
• parceling ,
• parcelling ,
• assignation ,

) the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan; "the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state" ;

3. (

• allocation ,
• storage_allocation

) (computer science) the assignment of particular areas of a magnetic disk to particular data or instructions ;