allocated

American

[al-uh-key-tid] / ˈæl əˌkeɪ tɪd /

adjective

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

the simple past tense and past participle of allocate.

Other Word Forms

unallocated adjective

Etymology

Origin of allocated

allocate ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

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United, which last year was allocated five more gates at O’Hare, had been planning to increase daily departures by more than 34% in the summer of 2026.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

An additional two billion euros will be allocated to procurement of drones of all types, bringing the total investment to 8.4 billion euros.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

“What was needed of the Fact Finder was a dive into the financial analysis of both parties to determine what portion of the budget could be allocated to these needs,” wrote the union’s Brian McNamara.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

The funding forms part of £3.8m allocated by the UK government on 16 March and it's estimated that between 20,000 to 25,000 households will be eligible in Wales.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

He began lobbying officials there to include the various second-line antibiotics on their list of “essential drugs”—a list that the ministries followed and allocated money for in their budgets.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

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