allocation

[In Fr. allocation; Ital. allogazione; Lat. ad to, and locatio = a placing, an arrangement; loco = to place.] 1. In a general sense: The act of putting one thing to another; the state of being so allocated; the thing allocated. Frequently used in connection with the a ignment to an applicant of shares in a company or land in a colony, after the purchase-money for one or other of these has been paid. 2. Spec.: The admi ion of an item in an account, and its consequent addition to the other items. The term is used chiefly in the Exchequer, and a writ " de allocatione faciend a " is a writ directed to the Lord Treasurer or Barons of the Exchequer, commanding them to allow an accountant such sums as he has lawfully expended in the execution of his office. IMG:content-0396.png:[blocks in formation] A al-loch'-rō-īte, s . [In Ger. allochroit ; Gr. (1) ἄλλος ( allos ) = another; (2) χρόα ( chroo ) = surface colour; and (3) suff. -ite. mineral, a variety of Andradite, or Lime Iron-garnet, which again is cla ed by Dana under Iron-garnet, one of the three prominent groups into which he divides the great mineral species or genus Garnet (q.v.). Allochroite is of a greyish, dingy yellow, or reddish colour. It is opaque, and has a shining vitreo-resinous lustre. It strikes fire with steel. It is found in the iron mine of Virums, near Drammen, in Norway. So