Allowance

Definition:

  • (n.) Approval; approbation.
  • (n.) The act of allowing, granting, conceding, or admitting; authorization; permission; sanction; tolerance.
  • (n.) Acknowledgment.
  • (n.) License; indulgence.
  • (n.) 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.
  • (n.) Abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances; as, to make allowance for the inexperience of youth.
  • (n.) A customary deduction from the gross weight of goods, different in different countries, such as tare and tret.
  • (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.

Compare allowance with other words:

allowance vs. quota

allowance vs. expense

allowance vs. incentive

allowance vs. jointure

allowance vs. maintenance

allowance vs. margin

allowance vs. bonus

allowance vs. subsidies

allowance vs. benefit

allowance vs. allowed

acceptance vs. allowance

allowance vs. cloff

allowance vs. clough

allowance vs. tip

allowance vs. profit

allowance vs. salary

allowance vs. expectation

allowance vs. reserve

allowance vs. rebate

allocation vs. allowance

allowance vs. mobile

allowance vs. donation

allowance vs. budget

allowance vs. subsidy

allowance vs. provision

allowance vs. subscription

allowance vs. sizar

allowance vs. disallowance

allowance vs. quarterage

allowance vs. toleration

allowance vs. fee

allowance vs. pittance

allowance vs. mileage

allowance vs. stipend

allowance vs. bouche

allowance vs. bote

alimony vs. allowance

allowance vs. scholarship

allowance vs. pension

allowance vs. scrimp

allowance vs. neat

allowance vs. sheaf

aliment vs. allowance

allowance vs. tret

allowance vs. deduction

allowance vs. tare

allowance vs. reimbursement

allowance vs. permission

allowance vs. sanction

allowance vs. authorization

allowance vs. grant

allow vs. allowance

admit vs. allowance

admission vs. allowance

allowance vs. handicap

allowance vs. tolerance

allowance vs. quotidian