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WordBand 6.5–8Academic (NAWL)
allocation
/ˌæləˈkeɪʃən/
noun
The distribution of items set apart according to a plan or purpose
- “Allocation of resources can be a difficult task when you have no resources at all.”Tatoeba
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Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR); IPA generated with eSpeak NG (GPL-3.0 (software))