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allocated

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1. allocated - Adjective

2. allocated - Verb

Meaning

allocated (not comparable)

Having been granted an allocation; having received (something) as part of a plan or scheduled disbursement; having been assigned (something) that was set aside for a particular purpose.

allocated

simple past and past participle of allocate

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Whatever the place allocated us by providence, that is for us the post of honor and duty. – God estimates us not by the position we are in, but by the way in which we fill it. Tryon Edwards

We all must recognize that homeland security funds should be allocated by threat and no other reason. Michael Bloomberg

There's no particular relationship between spending and educational results. Most education spending is actually on salaries, and that's allocated according to political muscle. Peter Brimelow

I urge Governments to considerably reduce funds allocated to the military, not only as a disarmament issue, but also as a potential contributor to social and environmental protection and call for the holding of referenda on this issue worldwide. Alfred de Zayas

Economics is the study of how society manages its scarce resources. In most societies, resources are allocated not by an all-powerful dictator but through the combined actions of millions of households and firms. Greg Mankiw

From the Bush Administration to the 9-11 Commission, there is an urgent and universally recognized need to change the broken formula through which Homeland Security grant money currently is allocated to our first responders. Vito Fossella

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