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allowance
[ uh-lou-uhns ]
noun
- the act of allowing.
- an amount or share allotted or granted.
Synonyms:
- a sum of money allotted or granted for a particular purpose, as for expenses:
Her allowance for the business trip was $200.
- a sum of money allotted or granted to a person on a regular basis, as for personal or general living expenses:
The art student lived on an allowance of $600 a month.
When I was in first grade, my parents gave me an allowance of seven dollars a week.
Synonyms:
- an addition or deduction based on an extenuating or qualifying circumstance:
an allowance for profit;
an allowance for depreciation.
- acknowledgment; concession:
the allowance of a claim.
- passive permission resulting from lack of interference; toleration:
the allowance of slavery.
Synonyms: , ,
Antonyms: , ,
- Machinery. a prescribed difference in dimensions of two closely fitting mating parts with regard to minimum clearance or maximum interference. Compare tolerance ( def 6a ).
- Coining. tolerance ( def 7 ).
verb (used with object)
- to place on a fixed allowance, as of food or drink.
- to allocate (supplies, rations, etc.) in fixed or regular amounts.
allowance
/ əˈʊəԲ /
noun
- an amount of something, esp money or food, given or allotted usually at regular intervals
- a discount, as in consideration for something given in part exchange or to increase business; rebate
- (in Britain) an amount of a person's income that is not subject to a particular tax and is therefore deducted before his or her liability to taxation is assessed
- a portion set aside to compensate for something or to cover special expenses
- education a salary supplement given to a teacher who is appointed to undertake extra duties and responsibilities
- admission; concession
- the act of allowing; sanction; toleration
- something allowed
- make allowances or make allowanceusually foll by for
- to take mitigating circumstances into account in consideration (of)
- to allow (for)
verb
- tr to supply (something) in limited amounts
Other 51Թ Forms
- ··Ƿ·Գ noun
- ···Ƿ·Գ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of allowance1
Idioms and Phrases
- make allowance / allowances (for),
- to take mitigating factors or circumstances into consideration.
- to pardon; excuse.
- to reserve time, money, etc.; allow for:
Make allowance for souvenirs on the return trip.
More idioms and phrases containing allowance
see make allowance .Example Sentences
Mr Rijckaert also said that most of the prince's allowance is spent on his assistant's salary and various travel expenses.
Carers are among those receiving a 1.7% increase in their benefits, and they will also be able to earn more from their job while still claiming carer's allowance.
This emotionally upbeat preparation made “Il Trionfo” appear all the more revolutionary with its allowances for disrupting musical formulas as well as psychological ones.
They receive a daily tax-free allowance of £361 plus travel expenses.
They also note President Zelensky gave every Ukrainian almost £20 as a winter allowance last December, with many registering for it using Diia.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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