| Definitions of 'Allowance' |
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1. (noun) allowance
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"
2. (noun) allowance
a sum granted as reimbursement for expenses
3. (noun) allowance, adjustment
an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances
"an allowance for profit"
4. (noun) allowance, leeway, margin, tolerance
a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits
5. (noun) valuation reserve, valuation account, allowance, allowance account
a reserve fund created by a charge against profits in order to provide for changes in the value of a company's assets
6. (verb) allowance
the act of allowing
"He objected to the allowance of smoking in the dining room"
7. (verb) allowance
put on a fixed allowance, as of food
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| Definitions of 'Allowance' |
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1. (noun) Allowance
approval; approbation
2. (noun) Allowance
the act of allowing, granting, conceding, or admitting; authorization; permission; sanction; tolerance
3. (noun) Allowance
acknowledgment
4. (noun) Allowance
license; indulgence
5. (noun) Allowance
that which is allowed; a share or portion allotted or granted; a sum granted as a reimbursement, a bounty, or as appropriate for any purpose; a stated quantity, as of food or drink; hence, a limited quantity of meat and drink, when provisions fall short
6. (noun) Allowance
abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances; as, to make allowance for the inexperience of youth
7. (noun) Allowance
a customary deduction from the gross weight of goods, different in different countries, such as tare and tret
8. (noun) Allowance
to put upon a fixed allowance (esp. of provisions and drink); to supply in a fixed and limited quantity; as, the captain was obliged to allowance his crew; our provisions were allowanced
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