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

The 20 seats allocated to them will remain vacant until polls can take place.

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Harrods have set aside £57 million to be used to compensate alleged victims, with an extra £5.3m reserved to cover legal and administrative costs, bringing the total amount allocated to £62.3 million.

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Earlier this year, California increased the annual amount allocated to its own film and TV tax credit program and expanded the eligibility criteria in hopes of jumpstarting production in the Golden State.

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It has allocated more than $1.5 billion toward long-term relief efforts following the five fires and other disasters in California from the same years.

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But officials have not publicly specified where funds would be allocated.

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