allowance
noun
1. an amount allowed or granted (as during a given period)
- travel allowance
- my weekly allowance of two eggs
- a child's allowance should not be too generous
Definition categories: possession, part, percentage, portion, share
2. a sum granted as reimbursement for expenses
Definition categories: possession, reimbursement
3. an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances
- an allowance for profit
Similar word(s): adjustment
Definition categories: possession, recompense
4. a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits
Similar word(s): leeway, margin, tolerance
Definition categories: attribute, disagreement, discrepancy, divergence, variance
5. a reserve fund created by a charge against profits in order to provide for changes in the value of a company's assets
Definition categories: possession
6. the act of allowing
- He objected to the allowance of smoking in the dining room
Definition categories: act, license, permission, permit
Sentences with allowance as a noun:
- She gives her daughters each an allowance of thirty dollars a month.
verb
1. put on a fixed allowance, as of food
Definition categories: possession, allow, grant
Sentences with allowance as a verb:
- The captain was obliged to allowance his crew.
- Our provisions were allowanced.