allowance
Nouns
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(n) an amount allowed or granted (as during a given period)
- travel allowance
- my weekly allowance of two eggs
- a child's allowance should not be too generous
- (n) a sum granted as reimbursement for expenses
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(n) an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances
- an allowance for profit
- (n) a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits leeway, tolerance, margin,
- (n) a reserve fund created by a charge against profits in order to provide for changes in the value of a company's assets allowance account, valuation account, valuation reserve,
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(n) the act of allowing
- He objected to the allowance of smoking in the dining room
Verbs
- (v) put on a fixed allowance, as of food