different between allocation vs allocative

English

Etymology

From Middle French allocacion, from Medieval Latin alloc?ti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æl??ke???n/

Noun

allocation (countable and uncountable, plural allocations)

1. The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.

   The allocation of new permits is on a first-come, first-served basis.

2. That which is allocated; allowance, entitlement.

   The farmer received his full allocation of water from the government.

Derived terms

• allocational

Translations

References

• allocation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• locational

French

Etymology

From Middle French allocacion, from Medieval Latin alloc?ti?.

Pronunciation

Noun

allocation f (plural allocations)

1. allocation
2. granting, assignment
3. benefit, allowance

Derived terms

• allocation familiale

Further reading

• “allocation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

allocate +? -ive

Adjective

allocative (not comparable)

1. (uncommon) Synonym of allocational (“of or pertaining to the allocation of resources”)
   • 1974, Philip Stanworth, Anthony Giddens, Elites and Power in British Society, CUP Archive (?ISBN), page 115:

     [...] and Britain has recently experienced the emergence or increased importance of new types of allocative controllers in both the financial and management worlds. Property developers, unit trusts and the new group of financial entrepreneurs, ...

   • 1978, Malcolm Gillis, Allocative Efficiency and X-efficiency in State-owned Enterprises: Some Asian and Latin American Cases in the Mining Sector
   • 1988, Wallace E. Oates, Robert M. Schwab, The Allocative and Distributive Implications of Local Fiscal Competition
   • 1996, Janet M. Eisenhauer, An Investigation of the Socioeconomic Determinants of Allocative Inefficiency for the Owner Operated Firm, with an Application to Family Farming in Wisconsin

Translations

Italian

Adjective

allocative f pl

1. feminine plural of allocativo