Allowance - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
my weekly allowance of two eggs
a child's allowance should not be too generous
- an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances (syn: adjustment)
- a reserve fund created by a charge against profits in order to provide for changes in the value of a company's assets
- the act of allowing
verb
Extra examples
Each of their children gets a weekly allowance of five dollars.
They performed poorly, but allowances should be made for their inexperience.
He made allowance for the time required by the sound to ascend from the bottom.
I am allowanced two glasses three hours before dinner.
The evening cup of tea and the allowanced pound of pemmican.
His father gives him a monthly allowance of £200.
Do you get an allowance for clothes?
Sales staff get a generous mileage allowance or a company car.
If you are entitled to sickness allowance, you must claim it from your employer.
Passengers' baggage allowance is 75 pounds per person.
There is always an allowance in insurance premiums for whether someone smokes or not.
The budget makes allowances for extra staff when needed.
The spectators are always candid enough to give great allowances to a new actor.
He objected to the allowance of smoking in the dining room
His parents punished him by taking away his allowance.
Word forms
singular: allowance
plural: allowances
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