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Allowance

Allowance Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Allowance? [n] the act of allowing; "He objected to the allowance of smoking in the diningroom" [n] a permissible difference; allowing freedom to move within limits [n] an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances; "an allowance for profit" [n] 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" [n] a sum granted as reimbursement for expenses [n] a reserve fund created by a charge against profits in order to provide for changes in the value of a company's assets [v] put on a fixed allowance, as of food Synonyms \| Synonyms for Allowance: adjustment \| allowance account \| leeway \| margin \| tolerance \| valuation account \| valuation reserve Related Terms \| Find terms related to Allowance: abatement \| acceptance \| account \| acknowledgment \| adjustment \| admission \| agio \| aid \| alimony \| allocation \| allotment \| allowing \| annuity \| apportionment \| appreciation \| appropriation \| approximation \| assessment \| assignment \| assistance \| authorization \| avowal \| bank discount \| big end \| bigger half \| bill \| bit \| bite \| blackmail \| blood money \| board \| bounty \| breakage \| budget \| bulge \| C ration \| cash discount \| cession \| chain discount \| charge-off \| charter \| chunk \| circumscription \| color \| commission \| commons \| concession \| confession \| consent \| consideration \| contingent \| countenance \| credit \| cut \| deadwood \| deal \| declaration \| decontamination \| deduction \| depletion allowance \| depreciation \| destiny \| deviation \| discount \| dispensation \| dividend \| dole \| drawback \| edge \| emergency rations \| emolument \| end \| equal share \| exception \| excuses \| exemption \| extenuating circumstances \| extenuation \| extenuative \| fate \| favor \| fee \| fellowship \| field rations \| financial assistance \| footing \| gilding \| gloss \| grain of salt \| grant \| grant-in-aid \| guaranteed annual income \| half \| halver \| handicap \| head start \| hedge \| hedging \| help \| helping \| hush money \| imprecision \| inaccuracy \| inaccurateness \| incorrectness \| indulgence \| inexactitude \| inexactness \| initiation fee \| interest \| K ration \| kickback \| laxity \| leave \| liberty \| license \| limitation \| looseness \| lot \| meals \| measure \| meed \| mental reservation \| mess \| mileage \| mitigation \| modicum \| modification \| moiety \| negligence \| odds \| OK \| okay \| old-age insurance \| overhand \| palliation \| palliative \| part \| patent \| payment \| pecuniary aid \| penalty \| penalty clause \| pension \| percentage \| permission \| permission to enter \| permit \| permitting \| piece \| pin money \| pocket money \| portion \| predictable error \| premium \| price reduction \| price support \| price-cut \| probable error \| profession \| proportion \| public assistance \| public welfare \| qualification \| quantum \| quota \| rake-off \| ration \| rations \| rebate \| rebatement \| reckoning \| recognition \| recompense \| reduction \| refund \| reimbursement \| release \| relief \| remittance \| remuneration \| reservation \| restriction \| retainer \| retaining fee \| retirement benefits \| rollback \| salvage \| salvo \| sanction \| sanctioning \| scholarship \| scot \| segment \| setoff \| share \| short commons \| slice \| small share \| softening \| special case \| special permission \| special treatment \| specialness \| specification \| stake \| standard deviation \| start \| stipend \| stock \| subsidization \| subsidy \| subvention \| sufferance \| suffering \| support \| tare \| tax benefit \| ticket \| ticket of admission \| time discount \| tolerance \| tolerating \| toleration \| trade discount \| tret \| tribute \| tucker \| uncorrectness \| underselling \| unfactualness \| unpreciseness \| unrigorousness \| vantage \| varnish \| vouchsafement \| waiver \| welfare \| welfare aid \| welfare payments \| whitewash \| whitewashing \| write-off See Also \| allow \| cost-of-living allowance \| deduction \| depreciation allowance \| disagreement \| discount \| discrepancy \| divergence \| grant \| license \| part \| percentage \| permission \| permit \| portion \| privy purse \| recompense \| reimbursement \| reserve account \| reserve fund \| seasonal adjustment \| share \| tolerance \| travel allowance \| variance Allowance In Webster's Dictionary \Allow"ance\, n. [OF. alouance.] 1. Approval; approbation. [Obs.] --Crabbe. 2. The act of allowing, granting, conceding, or admitting; authorization; permission; sanction; tolerance. Without the king's will or the state's allowance. --Shak. 3. Acknowledgment. The censure of the which one must in your allowance o'erweigh a whole theater of others. --Shak. 4. License; indulgence. [Obs.] --Locke. 5. 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. --Thackeray. 6. 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. --Macaulay. 7. (com.) A customary deduction from the gross weight of goods, different in different countries, such as tare and tret. \Allow"ance\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Allowancing}.] [See {Allowance}, n.] 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.

Allowance Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Allowance?

[n] the act of allowing; "He objected to the allowance of smoking in the diningroom"
[n] a permissible difference; allowing freedom to move within limits
[n] an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances; "an allowance for profit"
[n] 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"
[n] a sum granted as reimbursement for expenses
[n] a reserve fund created by a charge against profits in order to provide for changes in the value of a company's assets
[v] put on a fixed allowance, as of food

Allowance In Webster's Dictionary

\Al*low"ance\, n. [OF. alouance.]
1. Approval; approbation. [Obs.] --Crabbe.

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

         Without the king's will or the state's allowance.
                                               --Shak.

3. Acknowledgment.

         The censure of the which one must in your allowance
         o'erweigh a whole theater of others.  --Shak.

4. License; indulgence. [Obs.] --Locke.

5. 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.
                                               --Thackeray.

6. 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.
                                               --Macaulay.

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


\Al*low"ance\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Allowancing}.]
[See {Allowance}, n.]
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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