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Allowance

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Definitions for Allowance

noun
an amount allowed or granted (as during a given period)
Examples
  1. travel allowance
  2. my weekly allowance of two eggs
  3. a child's allowance should not be too generous
noun
a sum granted as reimbursement for expenses
noun
an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances
Synonyms
adjustment
Examples
  1. an allowance for profit
noun
a permissible difference
Synonyms
leeway margin tolerance
Examples
  1. allowing some freedom to move within limits
noun
a reserve fund created by a charge against profits in order to provide for changes in the value of a company's assets
Synonyms
valuation reserve valuation account allowance account
noun
the act of allowing
Examples
  1. He objected to the allowance of smoking in the dining room
verb
put on a fixed allowance, as of food

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