different between allocation vs demarcation

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

Alternative forms

• demarkation

Etymology

First recorded c.1752, from Spanish línea de demarcación and/or Portuguese linha de demarcação, the demarcation line laid down by the Pope on May 4, 1493, dividing the New World between Spain and Portugal on a line 100 leagues west of the Cape Verde Islands. Both derive from demarcar, from de- + marcar (“to mark”), from Italian marcare, from the Germanic root of march.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d?m???ke???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

demarcation (countable and uncountable, plural demarcations)

1. The act of marking off a boundary or setting a limit, notably by belligerents signing a treaty or ceasefire.
2. A limit thus fixed, in full demarcation line.
3. Any strictly defined separation.

   There is an alleged, in fact somewhat artificial demarcation in the type of work done by members of different trade unions.

Derived terms

• demarcate (back-formation)
• demarcated

Related terms

• demarc
• demarcation line
• demark
• marcation

Translations

Further reading

• demarcation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• demarcation in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Tremadocian