v
(transitive) To divide and distribute portions of a whole.
n
(US) The allocation of direct taxation according to the population of the various states.
n
Only used in austausch coefficient
v
(transitive) To divide among a number, according to a given proportion.
v
(idiomatic, transitive) To calculate an average or rough figure.
n
A distribution of two or more things at the same time
n
Anything distributed; portion; share.
adj
Tending to distribute; serving to divide and assign in portions; dealing a proper share to each.
n
(economics) The durability of the competitive advantage that a business has thanks to some protections like brand, technology, legal status.
v
(transitive) To obtain a share of; to partake of.
n
The act by which things are interchanged.
n
The reciprocal exchange of people between nations for economic or cultural purposes
adj
(operations) Of a manufacturing system in which components are delivered at the precise time required, thus minimizing inventory carrying costs.
v
(transitive, dated) To allot; to sort; to apportion.
n
(obsolete) Allotment; a thing allotted.
adj
(economics, not comparable) Pertaining to changes resulting from a unit increase in production or consumption of a good.
n
The extra benefit received from a unit increase in the consumption of a good or service. It is calculated as the increase in total benefit divided by the increase in consumption.
n
(economics) The additional utility to a consumer from an additional unit of an economic good.
n
(finance) A large trading order that is split into small pieces and executed incrementally
v
(idiomatic) To divide into portions or chunks; to ration.
v
(obsolete) To share (something) with others; to transfer (something) to or unto others.
v
(transitive) To distribute in portions or shares; to apportion or allot.
n
(telecommunications) In a telephone switching center, the distribution or allocation of equipment or components proportionally among a number of functions, to provide a requisite grade of service.
n
Paired with quid, in reference to the phrase quid pro quo (“this for that”): something given in exchange for something else.
n
(countable) One who ranks things, or arranges them in ranks.
v
(intransitive) To have position (in a certain class).
n
A portion of some limited resource allocated to a person or group.
n
A mutualisation of a company that had previously been demutualised
n
1897, Edward Stratemeyer, Young Auctioneers; or, the polishing of a Rolling Stone, ch. 13
n
(uncountable) The distribution of digital products (such as software or music) in an encrypted form so that one consumer can pass them on to another, while the original distributor retains control over use and modification.
v
To take the portion of something to which one is entitled, but in such a way that it shortchanges others.
n
(finance) The entity from whose performance a derivative derives its value.
n
(economics) The integrating of successive stages in the production and marketing process under the ownership or control of a single management organization.
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