What does "allowance" mean?

Permission; granting, conceding, or admitting.

What is a synonym for "allowance"?

Common synonyms include: tolerance, authorization, pocket money, quota, stipend, abatement.

Allowance

//əˈlaʊəns// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Common ·Middle school level

Definitions

Noun

1
Permission; granting, conceding, or admitting. countable, uncountable
"you sent a large commission to Gregory de Cassado, to conclude, without the King's will or the state's allowance"
2
the act of allowing wordnet
3
Acknowledgment. countable, uncountable
"The censure of the which one must in your allowance overweigh a whole theater of others."
4
a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits wordnet
5
An amount, portion, or share that is allotted or granted; a sum granted as a reimbursement, a bounty, or as appropriate for any purpose. countable, uncountable
"her meagre allowance of food or drink"

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6
an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances wordnet
7
An amount, portion, or share that is allotted or granted; a sum granted as a reimbursement, a bounty, or as appropriate for any purpose.; Such a sum or portion granted to a family member or familiar, especially one's own child; pocket money for such a person. countable, uncountable
"She gives her daughters each an allowance of thirty dollars a month."
8
an amount allowed or granted (as during a given period) wordnet
9
Abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances. countable, uncountable
"to make allowance for his naivety"
10
a sum granted as reimbursement for expenses wordnet
11
A deduction from the gross weight of goods, such as to discount their container's weight or per a custom differing by country. countable, uncountable
"Minus the allowance, the total came to thirteen tons."
12
a reserve fund created by a charge against profits in order to provide for changes in the value of a company's assets wordnet
13
A permitted reduction in the weight that a racehorse must carry. countable, uncountable
"On the Flat, an apprentice jockey starts with an allowance of 7 lb."
14
A permissible deviation in the fineness and weight of coins, owing to the difficulty in securing exact conformity to the standard prescribed by law. countable, uncountable
15
Approval; approbation. countable, obsolete, uncountable
"[…]gave allowance where he needed none"
16
License; indulgence. countable, obsolete, uncountable
"this Allowance for their Transgressions"
17
A planned deviation between an exact dimension and a nominal or theoretical dimension. countable, uncountable

Verb

1
To put upon a fixed allowance (especially of provisions and drink). transitive
"The captain was obliged to allowance his crew."
2
put on a fixed allowance, as of food wordnet
3
To supply in a fixed and limited quantity. transitive
"Our provisions were allowanced."