allocate

verb

1. To set aside for a purpose.

   “Please do not eat the meringue, as it is allocated for the dinner party tomorrow.”

   “By March 1994, it had moved to Cardiff Canton, and was still allocated there when its nameplates were taken off in March 1997.”

2. To distribute according to a plan, generally followed by the adposition to.

   “The bulk of K–12 education funds are allocated to school districts that in turn pay for the cost of operating schools.”

3. To reserve a portion of memory for use by a computer program.

   “The memory manager allocates memory to requesting processes until there is no more memory available or until there are no more processes waiting for memory.”

adj

1. (not-comparable, obsolete)allocated

noun

1. (UK, historical, obsolete)A writ authorizing payment, allowance, grant.