Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overallocation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: over-al-lo-ca-tion
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Excess allocation

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The carbon-trading pact “has struggled with credibility from Day 1, given the starting overallocation of emissions allowances,” Alex Rau, of the carbon-trading firm Climate Wedge, said in an e-mail message."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English allocation English overallocation From over- + allocation.

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does overallocation mean?: Excess allocation
Where does overallocation come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English allocation English overallocation From over- + allocation.

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