reallocation

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noun

The act of reallocating; a second or subsequent allocation.

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reallotmentreapportionment
OriginEnglish allocation ← Middle English re- ← Old French re- →
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Meanings

nounreallocation (countable and uncountable, plural reallocations)

plural reallocations

  1. countableuncountableThe act of reallocating; a second or subsequent allocation.

    Since the war there has been a reallocation of output from pitheads in the North Staffordshire coalfield, resulting in a flow of coal northwards; [...].

    1962 September, “Remodelling of Basford Hall Yard, Crewe”, in Modern Railways, page 189

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna new apportionment (especially a new apportionment of congressional seats in the United States on the basis of census results)

Similar
reallotmentreapportionment
Broader
allotmentapportionmentapportioning
Also see
reallotmentreapportionment

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishallocation
  7. Englishreallocation

From re- + allocation.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

analloeroticrelocationalalloreactioncorelational
Cite this entry
APA

reallocation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reallocation

MLA

“reallocation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reallocation. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reallocation,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reallocation.

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