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🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Zuteilung

Pronunciation / Transliteration: Zuteilung

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Allocation/ˌæl.əˈkeɪ.ʃən/
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Die Zuteilung der Mittel erfolgte gestern."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    The action or process of allocating shares, money, or resources.

    "More money was granted for the allocation of public housing."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Medieval Latin root 'allocationem' (meaning an assigning or adding to), stemming from the Latin verb 'allocare', composed of 'ad-' (to) and 'locare' (to place, from locus meaning place). It entered Middle English and later administrative terminology in the late 15th century, evolving to specifically denote the distribution of resources, funds, or duties.

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