allocated

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Because this means they technically allocated more than the offering amount, the so-called stabilization agent, in this case Morgan Stanley, needs to buy back the excess number of shares to deliver them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev said the brokerage in years past had to plead with issuers to set aside stock for the company’s IPO Access program, which distributes allocated retail shares at random to interested customers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

UK retail investors are likely to be allocated around £1.5bn worth of shares and one of the UK's leading investing platforms hopes this could encourage a new generation of investors.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

Someone places an order for 100 shares, hoping to get 50 allocated.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

This presented a delicate problem, another of the house guests being also without his valet, raising the question as to which guest should be allocated the butler as valet and who the footman.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro