allocated

The definition of allocated is the act of having portioned out something for a certain reason, or to a person or thing.

(verb)

  1. An example of allocated is when a farmer planted his cash crops for the year, he had also set aside a spot of land to plant food for his family.
  2. An example of allocated is when parents had taken a certain amount of money from their child’s allowance each week, and had put it into a savings account.

Allocated is defined as the act of having set aside something for a certain reason.

(verb)

An example of having allocated something is when a business worked at setting aside a specific amount of money each month, and were thus able to start a health insurance program for their employees.

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