misallocation
An improper or unwise allocation, especially of money.
Noun
- An improper or unwise allocation, especially of money.
- When the bulk of a bank's assets can be traded, relying on historical acquisition costs distorts reality and leads to capital misallocation. - 2009 January 6, Jeffrey Goldfarb, Martin Hutchinson, “Rebuilding the...
Coordinate Terms: misdistribution maldistribution malapportionment
Origin
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.