Allocated party went ahead (5)

I believe the answer is:

doled

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'allocated' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are past participle verbs.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?

'party went ahead' is the wordplay.
'party' becomes 'do' (do is a kind of party).
'went ahead' becomes 'led' (I've seen this before).
'do'+'led'='DOLED'

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(Another definition for doled that I've seen is " Given modest share".)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.

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