This is the period over which the cost of the asset is allocated to depreciation expense.

在这段时间里，资产的成本被分摊为折旧费用。

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4 traveling expense shall be closed off within four days after the traveller comes back. outlay will not be allocated if former borrowing is not settled.

出差费用应在回微后四天内向财务部结算，没有结清前笔借款者不得领用下笔出差经费。

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Note that stock based compensation and corporate expense are not allocated to the geographies or retail so that the numbers do not add up (as you can see by the companies total operating margin declining 620 basis points in the fiscal third quarter but all of the geos are less than that).

FORBES: Which Apple Geographies Impacted Margins?

Just like the old days the stock roughly doubled on the first day of trading, triggering complaints, just like the old days, that the issue was underpriced by the deal's underwriters, rewarding those lucky enough to get allocated shares of the offering at the expense of the company.

FORBES: I lived through 1999, and this is no 1999.