allocated

[al-uh-key-tid]

adjective

1. set apart for a particular purpose or recipient; assigned or allotted.

   No committee participating in this event shall receive more than its allocated share of the funds raised.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of allocate.

Other Word Forms

• unallocated adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of allocated¹

allocate ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

On Friday, they spent the entire four hours allocated for the day discussing a group of 21 amendments on safeguards designed to prevent people being coerced or encouraged into an assisted death.

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“There are certainly better ways to have allocated capital recently that would have given you broader exposure, created healthier portfolios and delivered as good, if not better, returns,” he said.

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"For this reason, £5m has been allocated through the Elective Care Framework to address this capacity shortfall."

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We were not allowed on the guest courts, but I learned to play tennis on the back courts, which had been allocated for the help to use.

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Lord Roy Kennedy, who as chief whip is responsible for managing the government's legislative programme in the upper chamber, told peers government time would not be allocated to the bill.

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