allowance

Pluralallowances

Formsallowances, allowancing, allowanced

1. 1
   nouncountable

   Money parents regularly give a child to spend as they choose.

   Like a tiny paycheck you get from your parents just for being part of the family.

   My parents give me a small allowance every week.

   She saves part of her allowance to buy comic books.

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2. 2
   nouncountable

   Money or a share given to someone for a particular purpose.

   Like a set amount of money put aside just for one job.

   The company gives each worker a travel allowance.

   Her clothing allowance covers one new uniform a year.

   Similarallotment, allocation, grant, stipend

3. 3
   nouncountable or uncountable

   A reduction made when you take someone's hard situation into account.

   Like giving someone extra room because their day was really hard.

   We should make some allowance for his lack of experience.

   The teacher made allowance for the noise outside during the test.

   Similaradjustment

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4. 4
   noununcountable

   The act of letting something happen or be done.

   Like a green light that lets you go ahead.

   They built the shed with the allowance of the city council.

   Visitors may enter the grounds only by allowance of the owner.

   Similarpermission, consent, authorization, approval

   Oppositeprohibition, refusal

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5. 5
   nouncountable

   A small planned difference between the exact size of a part and its ideal size.

   Like leaving a little gap so a drawer slides in and out easily.

   The engineer added a small allowance so the parts would fit together.

   Without the right allowance, the shaft would not slide into the hole.

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6. 6
   nouncountable

   An amount taken off the total weight of goods, such as for the weight of the container.

   Like taking off the weight of the box before you weigh the apples inside.

   The merchant subtracted an allowance for the wooden crate.

   An allowance was taken off the total weight to ignore the packing.

   Similardeduction

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7. 7
   nouncountable or uncountable

   The act of accepting that something is true.

   Like nodding to show you agree that something is real.

   His allowance of the mistake surprised everyone in the room.

   Her quiet allowance of the truth ended the argument.

   Similaracknowledgment, admission, concession, recognition

   Oppositedenial

8. 8
   verbtransitive

   To give out only a set, limited amount of something.

   The captain decided to allowance the fresh water during the long voyage.

   After the storm, the shelter had to allowance food until new trucks arrived.

   Similarration

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9. 9
   verbtransitive

   To place someone on a set, limited amount of supplies.

   Like putting everyone in the house on a limited amount of food.

   The captain had to allowance the crew when food ran short.

   They allowance the men during the long siege.

   Similarration

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10. 10
    nouncountable

    In horse racing, a cut in the weight a horse must carry.

    Like letting a smaller player start a race with a small head start.

    The apprentice jockey claimed a seven-pound allowance for the race.

    The filly carried less because of her allowance against the colts.

    Oppositepenalty

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11. 11
    nouncountable

    In coin-making, a small allowed difference from the legal standard of weight or purity.

    Like letting a baker make loaves a tiny bit heavier or lighter than the set weight.

    The mint stayed within the allowance set by law for each coin.

    A small allowance let the coins differ slightly in weight.

    Similartolerance

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