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The grown-up word for deciding who gets the bigger slice.
means The act of distributing a limited resource among competing uses, people, or purposes.
from From Latin allocare, to assign a place, built from ad- (to) and locare (to put) — literally putting things where they belong.
Finance fixationAsset allocation drives most portfolio returns, not stock picking.
Memory tooComputers allocate RAM; leaks happen when they forget to.
Zero-sum cousinEvery allocation quietly implies a denial elsewhere.