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Definition of Allowance
1. Noun. An amount allowed or granted (as during a given period). "A child's allowance should not be too generous"
Specialized synonyms: Privy Purse
Derivative terms: Allow
2. Verb. Put on a fixed allowance, as of food.
3. Noun. A sum granted as reimbursement for expenses.
Specialized synonyms: Per Diem, Travel Allowance, Travel Reimbursement
4. Noun. An amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances. "An allowance for profit"
Specialized synonyms: Cost-of-living Allowance, Depreciation Allowance, Deduction, Discount, Seasonal Adjustment, Tare
Generic synonyms: Recompense
Derivative terms: Adjust
5. Noun. A permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits.
Generic synonyms: Disagreement, Discrepancy, Divergence, Variance
Derivative terms: Allow
6. Noun. A reserve fund created by a charge against profits in order to provide for changes in the value of a company's assets.
Generic synonyms: Reserve Account, Reserve Fund
7. Noun. The act of allowing. "He objected to the allowance of smoking in the dining room"
Definition of Allowance
1. n. Approval; approbation.
2. v. t. 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.
Definition of Allowance
1. Noun. The act of allowing, granting, conceding, or admitting; authorization; permission; sanction; tolerance. ¹
2. Noun. Acknowledgment. ¹
3. Noun. 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. ¹
4. Noun. Abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances; as, to make allowance for the inexperience of youth. ¹
5. Noun. (context: commerce) A customary deduction from the gross weight of goods, different in different countries, such as tare and tret. ¹
6. Noun. A child's allowance; pocket money. ¹
7. Verb. To put upon a fixed allowance (especially of provisions and drink); to supply in a fixed and limited quantity. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Allowance
1. [v -ANCED, -ANCING, -ANCES]
Medical Definition of Allowance
1. 1. Approval; approbation. 2. The act of allowing, granting, conceding, or admitting; authorisation; 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. 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. A customary deduction from the gross weight of goods, different in different countries, such as tare and tret. Origin: OF. Alouance. To put upon a fixed allowance (especially. 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. Origin: See Allowance. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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