Allocation

The apportionment or designation of an item for a specific purpose or to a particular place.In the law of trusts, the allocation of cash dividends earned by a stock that makes up the principal of a trust for a beneficiary usually means that the dividends will be treated as income to be paid to the beneficiary. The allocation of stock dividends generally means that such dividends will be added to the shares of stock held as principal, thereby increasing its size.

ALLOCATION, Eng. law. An allowance upon account in the Exchequer; or rather, placing or adding to a thing. Ency. Lond.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.

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Welcoming the increased allocation for Railway projects, the Chief Minister said, "Increased allocation for Railway projects is a welcome step.

Odisha CM expresses concern over decreased allocation for MGNREGA in Budget 2019

For the construction of Basool dam tehsil Omara District Balochistan the allocation of Rs1300 million has been proposed.

Hydle, water projects get Rs190b

- Rs 16.999 billion for Railways Division against total allocation of Rs 28.06 billion

Islamabad releases Rs 373.88 bn for dev schemes National Highway Authority gets Rs 157.941 bn

The government also released an amount of Rs18.51 billion for various development projects of Higher Education Commission out of total allocation of

Govt releases Rs 417.38 billion for development projects

Overall, Lamu got the least allocation of Sh2.5 billion.

Nairobi gets lion's share as Mombasa allocation reduced

Water Resource division received Rs26.832 billion out of total allocation of Rs78.09 billion under PSDP 2018-19.

Rs310.292 bn released under PSDP for various development projects

Water Resource division received Rs 11.74 billion out of total allocation of Rs 77.9 billion under PSDP 2018-19.

Rs187.03b released under dev funds in H1 of FY 19

The government has also released Rs10.7 billion for Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) (block and other projects) out of its allocation of Rs25.8 billion, Rs7.8 billion for Gilgit Baltistan (GB) (block and other projects) out of its allocation of Rs16.1 billion.

Govt releases Rs105.46b for development projects under PSDP 2018-19

Special areas including Azad Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan and Tribal areas were disbursed Rs66bn compared to their combined allocation of Rs71bn.

Development spending comes under the axe as deficit grows

ISLAMABAD -- The government has released over Rs 565 billion under its Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) 2017-18 for various ongoing and new schemes against the total allocations of Rs1,001 billion.

Rs 565 bln released for development projects under PSDP 2017-18