Allocation vs Helping - What's the difference?
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The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.
(countable) A portion or serving, especially of food that one takes for oneself, or to which one helps oneself;
(figurative, countable) An amount or quantity
*{{quote-news
, year=2012
, date=June 19
, author=Phil McNulty
, title=England 1-0 Ukraine
, work=BBC Sport
As nouns the difference between allocation and helping
is that allocation is the process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources while helping is a portion or serving, especially of food that one takes for oneself, or to which one helps oneself.As a verb helping is
present participle of lang=en.allocation
English
Noun
(en noun)- The allocation of new permits is on a first-come, first-served basis.
Derived terms
* allocationalAnagrams
* ----helping
English
Noun
(en noun)- She eagerly took a second helping of ice cream.
citation, page= , passage=Wayne Rooney marked his England return with the goal that secured a place in Euro 2012's last eight - but it was a rough passage eased by helpings of good fortune and controversy against Ukraine.}}