alreadyused
Alreadyused is a term used in software and data processing to indicate that a resource, token, or item has already been consumed or allocated. In practice, it often appears as a flag or status value within data structures, databases, APIs, or workflow systems to prevent duplicate processing, double-spending, or unintended reuse.
In common usage, alreadyused supports mechanisms for idempotence and state control. For example, in token validation,
Naming and variants: The literal string alreadyused may be employed as a variable name, constant, or database
Considerations and alternatives: The concatenated form alreadyused can be ambiguous or hard to read, especially in
See also: Idempotence, state flag, token validation, duplicate detection, soft delete.