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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Management has allocated about 300 million ringgit, with a payback period of around 1.9 years to deal with one-off expenses from a voluntary separation scheme, they note.

From The Wall Street Journal

It said the funding had been allocated based on census data, reflecting where the greatest need was.

From BBC

There’s an assumption that some of the money was allocated in a sloppy way as lenders rushed to put capital to work.

From MarketWatch

About half of the costs will be spread among all customers within PJM, and the other half will be allocated by region.

From The Wall Street Journal

This includes scrapping government grants to encourage people to buy heat pumps and electric cars, and £9.4bn in subsidies for carbon capture and storage projects allocated by ministers for the next three years.

From BBC

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