Definitions for allowance
əˈlaʊ ənsal·lowance

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. allowancenoun

   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. allowancenoun

   a sum granted as reimbursement for expenses

3. allowance, adjustmentnoun

   an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances

   "an allowance for profit"

4. allowance, leeway, margin, tolerancenoun

   a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits

5. valuation reserve, valuation account, allowance, allowance accountnoun

   a reserve fund created by a charge against profits in order to provide for changes in the value of a company's assets

6. allowanceverb

   the act of allowing

   "He objected to the allowance of smoking in the dining room"

7. allowanceverb

   put on a fixed allowance, as of food

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. allowancenoun

   The act of allowing, granting, conceding, or admitting; authorization; permission; sanction; tolerance.

   Without the king's will or the state's allowance. --William Shakespeare

2. allowancenoun

   Acknowledgment.

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

3. allowancenoun

   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.

   I can give the boy a handsome allowance. -- William Makepeace Thackeray.

4. allowancenoun

   Abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances; as, to make allowance for the inexperience of youth.

   After making the largest allowance for fraud. -- Thomas Babington Macaulay.

5. allowancenoun

   A customary deduction from the gross weight of goods, different in different countries, such as tare and tret.

6. allowancenoun

   A child's allowance; pocket money.

   She gives her daughters each an allowance of thirty dollars a month.

7. allowanceverb

   To put upon a fixed allowance (especially of provisions and drink); to supply in a fixed and limited quantity.

8. Etymology: alouance (Modern French allouance, see also the verb allouer).

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Allowancenoun

   Etymology: from allow.

   1. Admission without contradiction.

   Without the notion and allowance of spirits, our philosophy will be lame and defective in one main part of it. John Locke.

   2. Sanction; licence; authority.

   That which wisdom did first begin, and hath been with good men long continued, challengeth allowance of them that succeed, although it plead for itself nothing. Richard Hooker, b. v. § 7.

   You sent a large commission
   To Gregory de Cassado, to conclude,
   Without the king’s will, or the state’s allowance,
   A league between his highness and Ferrara. William Shakespeare, Henry VIII.

   3. Permission; freedom from restraint.

   They should therefore be accustomed betimes to consult and make use of their reason, before they give allowance to their inclinations. John Locke.

   4. A settled rate; or appointment for any use.

   The victual in plantations ought to be expended almost as in a besieged town; that is, with certain allowance. Francis Bacon.

   And his allowance was a continual allowance given him of the king; a daily rate for every day all his life. 2 Kings, xxv. 30.

   5. Abatement from the strict rigour of a law, or demand.

   The whole poem, though written in that which they call heroick verse, is of the Pindarick nature, as well in the thought as the expression; and, as such, requires the same grains of allowance for it. Dryden.

   Parents never give allowances for an innocent passion. Jonathan Swift.

   6. Established character; reputation.

   His bark is stoutly timber’d, and his pilot
   Of very expert and approved allowance;
   Therefore my hopes, not surfeited to death,
   Stand in bold awe. William Shakespeare, Othello.

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1. allowance

   Allowance is a fixed amount of money or resources provided regularly, often designated for a specific purpose or usage. It can refer to funds given to children by their parents for discretionary spending, to a budget set for a particular project or department within a company, or to a certain portion of resources allocated for a particular task or purpose. It can also refer to an amount of something, such as weight or time, that is allowed or permitted in certain circumstances.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Allowancenoun

   approval; approbation

2. Allowancenoun

   the act of allowing, granting, conceding, or admitting; authorization; permission; sanction; tolerance

3. Allowancenoun

   acknowledgment

4. Allowancenoun

   license; indulgence

5. Allowancenoun

   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. Allowancenoun

   abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances; as, to make allowance for the inexperience of youth

7. Allowancenoun

   a customary deduction from the gross weight of goods, different in different countries, such as tare and tret

8. Allowancenoun

   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

9. Etymology: [See Allowance, n.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. allowance

   The ration or allotted quantum of provisions which each individual receives; and it is either double, full, two-thirds, half, or short, according to incidents.

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. allowance

   A sum paid periodically for services rendered. The French use the word traitment in this sense. The allowances of an officer are distinct from his pay proper, and are applicable to a variety of circumstances.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. allowance

   A specific amount of money allocated for a specific purpose.

   The au pair had an allowance paid for their services as detailed in their agreement.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 30, 2020  

2. ---

   allowance

   To allow or authorize.

   Their daily travel allowance was approved by Human Resources for the business.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 7, 2020  

Matched Categories

1. • Allow
   • Recompense
   • Reimbursement
   • Reserve Account
   • Share

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'allowance' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4479

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'allowance' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2722

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'allowance' in Nouns Frequency: #1272

How to pronounce allowance?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of allowance in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of allowance in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of allowance in a Sentence

1. Thomas Huxley:

   The chess board is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the universe, the rules of the game are what we call the laws of Nature. The player on the other side is hidden from us. We know that his play is always fair, just, and patient. But we also know, to our cost, that he never overlooks a mistake, or makes the smallest allowance for ignorance.

2. Jack Kent Cooke:

   The guy Haberkorn — who is a professional personal injury lawyer — did a number on me, then he looked me up, found out who my dad is, and saw dollar signs when he learned my name. He assumed I was a billionaire, which I’m not, i live on a budget like anyone else, I get a monthly allowance, I am not shopping on Madison Avenue, I take the subway, and I am very frugal. I am not Paris Hilton.

3. Link Starbureiy:

   Beauty and its allowance to be selective is a magic reserved for young women, not old girls.

4. European Central Bank:

   A number of reservations were expressed with regard to the proposed increase in the borrowing allowance to 60%, related, in particular, to concerns that it would make banks increasingly dependent on the Eurosystem, against this background, broad agreement was reached to raise the borrowing allowance to 55% of the stock of eligible loans.

5. Saki:

   Scandal is merely the compassionate allowance which the gay make to the humdrum. Think how many blameless lives are brightened by the blazing indiscretions of other people.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=allowance
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Allowance
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=allowance
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/allowance
6. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=allowance
7. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html