allocation definition

allocation

Authorization to incur expense or obligation up to a specified amount, for a specific purpose, and within a specific period.

Amount so authorized.

Subdivision of an apportionment.

allocation is in the Accounting & Auditing subject.

allocation appears in the definitions of the following terms: cash control, scheduled maintenance, actual demand, prorate, administrative budget, departmentalization, cost assignment, capital expenditures budget, work breakdown structure (WBS), apportionment and

allocation appears in the other terms: asset allocation, single allocation base approach, asset allocation fund, tax allocation within a period, resource allocation and multi project scheduling (RAMPS), risk allocation, file allocation table (FAT), cost allocation, allocation of resources

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