allocated

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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

But only a select few can participate: shares in hot IPOs are carefully allocated, with big chunks going to institutions and very wealthy people that don’t leave a lot left for regular retail investors.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

We wanted to spend every minute of the half hour Papa allocated to uniform washing.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie