allowances
- 1Plural of allowance.
The company reviews its travel allowances at the start of each fiscal year.
Many families set monthly spending allowances for their teenagers.
Note
The plural covers the countable uses of allowance, and these range widely. It can mean several sums granted for a purpose, such as travel allowances or a child's pocket money. In trade, it means deductions from the gross weight of goods, for example the weight of their containers. It can also mean concessions for mitigating circumstances. The surrounding words show whether a payment, a deduction or leniency is meant.
allowances is a form of allowance
allowance, noun: A regular sum of money given to a family member, especially one's own child, to spend as they choose. Full entry
- Forms
- allowanceallowances plural
- Spelling
- allowance → allowances: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪz/, an extra syllable.
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