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Allowance

//əˈlaʊəns// noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 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. 2
    the act of allowing wordnet
  3. 3
    Acknowledgment. countable, uncountable

    "The censure of the which one must in your allowance overweigh a whole theater of others."

  4. 4
    a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits wordnet
  5. 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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  1. 6
    an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances wordnet
  2. 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."

  3. 8
    an amount allowed or granted (as during a given period) wordnet
  4. 9
    Abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances. countable, uncountable

    "to make allowance for his naivety"

  5. 10
    a sum granted as reimbursement for expenses wordnet
  6. 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."

  7. 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
  8. 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."

  9. 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
  10. 15
    Approval; approbation. countable, obsolete, uncountable

    "[…]gave allowance where he needed none"

  11. 16
    License; indulgence. countable, obsolete, uncountable

    "this Allowance for their Transgressions"

  12. 17
    A planned deviation between an exact dimension and a nominal or theoretical dimension. countable, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To put upon a fixed allowance (especially of provisions and drink). transitive

    "The captain was obliged to allowance his crew."

  2. 2
    put on a fixed allowance, as of food wordnet
  3. 3
    To supply in a fixed and limited quantity. transitive

    "Our provisions were allowanced."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English allouance, from Old French alouance. Morphologically allow + -ance.

Etymology 2

From Middle English allouance, from Old French alouance. Morphologically allow + -ance.

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