also: かっとう
allotment; assignment; allocation; quota; rationing
General term for distributing or assigning something (work, resources, seats, etc.) to people or groups.
席の割り当てはもう決まりましたか。
Has the seat assignment been decided yet?
各チームに予算が割り当てられた。
A budget was allocated to each team.
Technical use in computing for memory, resource, or task allocation.
メモリの割り当てに失敗しました。
Memory allocation failed.
The new employee received his assigned work.
We decided on the budget allocation at the meeting.
They plan to increase each department's allocation starting next month.
The allocation per person increased, making the workload heavier.
bandwidth allocation
memory allocation
Abbreviated spelling; may also be read かっとう in some contexts.
Rare reading for the abbreviated spelling; it is restricted to 割当.
Variant spelling without the okurigana り; also common.