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[al-uh-keyt] / ˈæl əˌkeɪt /


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It said other airlines offered to seat children next to a parent or guardian without a fee, or allocate seats together automatically during booking for free.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

Most IPOs allocate between 5% and 10% of shares to individual investors.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

My colleague Paul La Monica reports that “Fidelity is lowering the minimum investment because SpaceX is offering more shares to average investors, with plans to allocate 30% of the deal to individual traders.”

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

Economists assume, for example, that consumers with limited income will allocate their budget to maximize utility—choosing the combination of goods that delivers the greatest satisfaction per unit of cost.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

These people whose job it was to allocate capital apparently didn’t even know how to manage their own.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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