What does ALLOWANCE mean?

Definitions for ALLOWANCE
əˈlaʊ ənsal·lowance

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. allowancenoun

    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"

  2. allowancenoun

    a sum granted as reimbursement for expenses

  3. allowance, adjustmentnoun

    an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances

    "an allowance for profit"

  4. allowance, leeway, margin, tolerancenoun

    a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits

  5. valuation reserve, valuation account, allowance, allowance accountnoun

    a reserve fund created by a charge against profits in order to provide for changes in the value of a company's assets

  6. allowanceverb

    the act of allowing

    "He objected to the allowance of smoking in the dining room"

  7. allowanceverb

    put on a fixed allowance, as of food

Wiktionary

  1. allowancenoun

    The act of allowing, granting, conceding, or admitting; authorization; permission; sanction; tolerance.

    Without the king's will or the state's allowance. --William Shakespeare

  2. allowancenoun

    Acknowledgment.

    The censure of the which one must in your allowance overweigh a whole theater of others. --William Shakespeare

  3. allowancenoun

    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. -- William Makepeace Thackeray.

  4. allowancenoun

    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. -- Thomas Babington Macaulay.

  5. allowancenoun

    A customary deduction from the gross weight of goods, different in different countries, such as tare and tret.

  6. allowancenoun

    A child's allowance; pocket money.

    She gives her daughters each an allowance of thirty dollars a month.

  7. allowanceverb

    To put upon a fixed allowance (especially of provisions and drink); to supply in a fixed and limited quantity.

  8. Etymology: alouance (Modern French allouance, see also the verb allouer).

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Allowancenoun

    Etymology: from allow.

    Without the notion and allowance of spirits, our philosophy will be lame and defective in one main part of it. John Locke.

    That which wisdom did first begin, and hath been with good men long continued, challengeth allowance of them that succeed, although it plead for itself nothing. Richard Hooker, b. v. § 7.

    You sent a large commission
    To Gregory de Cassado, to conclude,
    Without the king’s will, or the state’s allowance,
    A league between his highness and Ferrara. William Shakespeare, Henry VIII.

    They should therefore be accustomed betimes to consult and make use of their reason, before they give allowance to their inclinations. John Locke.

    The victual in plantations ought to be expended almost as in a besieged town; that is, with certain allowance. Francis Bacon.

    And his allowance was a continual allowance given him of the king; a daily rate for every day all his life. 2 Kings, xxv. 30.

    The whole poem, though written in that which they call heroick verse, is of the Pindarick nature, as well in the thought as the expression; and, as such, requires the same grains of allowance for it. Dryden.

    Parents never give allowances for an innocent passion. Jonathan Swift.

    His bark is stoutly timber’d, and his pilot
    Of very expert and approved allowance;
    Therefore my hopes, not surfeited to death,
    Stand in bold awe. William Shakespeare, Othello.

ChatGPT

  1. allowance

    Allowance is a fixed amount of money or resources provided regularly, often designated for a specific purpose or usage. It can refer to funds given to children by their parents for discretionary spending, to a budget set for a particular project or department within a company, or to a certain portion of resources allocated for a particular task or purpose. It can also refer to an amount of something, such as weight or time, that is allowed or permitted in certain circumstances.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Allowancenoun

    approval; approbation

  2. Allowancenoun

    the act of allowing, granting, conceding, or admitting; authorization; permission; sanction; tolerance

  3. Allowancenoun

    acknowledgment

  4. Allowancenoun

    license; indulgence

  5. Allowancenoun

    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

  6. Allowancenoun

    abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances; as, to make allowance for the inexperience of youth

  7. Allowancenoun

    a customary deduction from the gross weight of goods, different in different countries, such as tare and tret

  8. Allowancenoun

    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

  9. Etymology: [See Allowance, n.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. allowance

    The ration or allotted quantum of provisions which each individual receives; and it is either double, full, two-thirds, half, or short, according to incidents.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. allowance

    A sum paid periodically for services rendered. The French use the word traitment in this sense. The allowances of an officer are distinct from his pay proper, and are applicable to a variety of circumstances.

Editors Contribution

  1. allowance

    A specific amount of money allocated for a specific purpose.

    The au pair had an allowance paid for their services as detailed in their agreement.


    Submitted by MaryC on March 30, 2020  


  2. allowance

    To allow or authorize.

    Their daily travel allowance was approved by Human Resources for the business.


    Submitted by MaryC on March 7, 2020  

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'ALLOWANCE' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4479

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'ALLOWANCE' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2722

  3. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'ALLOWANCE' in Nouns Frequency: #1272

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of ALLOWANCE in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of ALLOWANCE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of ALLOWANCE in a Sentence

  1. Jack Kent Cooke:

    The guy Haberkorn — who is a professional personal injury lawyer — did a number on me, then he looked me up, found out who my dad is, and saw dollar signs when he learned my name. He assumed I was a billionaire, which I’m not, i live on a budget like anyone else, I get a monthly allowance, I am not shopping on Madison Avenue, I take the subway, and I am very frugal. I am not Paris Hilton.

  2. Saki:

    Scandal is merely the compassionate allowance which the gay make to the humdrum. Think how many blameless lives are brightened by the blazing indiscretions of other people.

  3. Jacqui Esparza:

    First thing was we can get almost all the bills paid, but what are we going to do about rent, because our rent comes from my husband's pay, which includes housing allowance, without that we can't afford the Seattle area.

  4. Rudyard Kipling:

    If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too . . . If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster And treat those two impostors just the same . . . Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it.

  5. Link Starbureiy:

    Beauty and its allowance to be selective is a magic reserved for young women, not old girls.

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Translations for ALLOWANCE

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  • بدلArabic
  • отстъпка, вземане предвид, разрешение, признаване, позволение, допусканеBulgarian
  • ErlaubnisGerman
  • toleranciaSpanish
  • کمک هزینهPersian
  • määräraha, varaus, päiväraha, salliminen, annosFinnish
  • pension alimentaireFrench
  • cuibhreannScottish Gaelic
  • sgravio, delibera, razione, permesso, concessione, attenuanteItalian
  • קצבהHebrew
  • 給与, こずかいJapanese
  • toestemmingDutch
  • ଅନୁମତିOriya
  • kieszonkowePolish
  • abonoPortuguese
  • приня́тие, посо́бие, призна́ние, до́пуск, разреше́ние, попра́вка, позволе́ние, льго́та, ски́дка, приня́тие во внима́ние, допуще́ниеRussian
  • tillåtelseSwedish
  • கொடுப்பனவுTamil
  • الاؤنسUrdu
  • 津贴Chinese

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