misallocation

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *mey-?

Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der.

Proto-Germanic *missaz

Proto-Germanic *missa-

Proto-West Germanic *missa-

Old English mis-

Middle English mys-

English mis-

English allocation

English misallocation

From mis- + allocation.

Noun

misallocation (plural misallocations)

1. An improper or unwise allocation, especially of money.

   Coordinate terms: misdistribution, maldistribution; malapportionment

   • 2009 January 6, Jeffrey Goldfarb, Martin Hutchinson, “Rebuilding the S.E.C.”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 November 2022:

     When the bulk of a bank's assets can be traded, relying on historical acquisition costs distorts reality and leads to capital misallocation.