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Allocated vs Alotted - What's the difference?

allocated | alotted |

As verbs the difference between allocated and alotted

is that allocated is (allocate) while alotted is (allot).

As an adjective alotted is

distributed or apportioned.

allocated

English

Verb

(head)
  • (allocate)

    • allocate

    English

    Verb

    (allocat)
  • To set aside for a purpose
  • 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.
  • (computing) To declare a section of the memory to be used by the program.

    • Antonyms

    * (declare a section of memory) free, deallocate

    Related terms

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    alotted

    English

    Alternative forms

    allotted

    Verb

    (head)
  • (allot)
  • * {{quote-book
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    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • distributed or apportioned
  • assigned or designated
  • * {{quote-web
    • , date=2010-10-15 , year= , first= , last= , author=Adam Serwer , authorlink= , title=Thiessen's Misleading Attack on Due Process , site=The Washington Post citation , archiveorg= , accessdate=2013-04-21 , passage=… that the Bush administration considered holding him as an enemy combatant after serving his alotted sentence. }}