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Allowance   /əlˈaʊəns/   Listen
Allowance

noun
1.
An amount allowed or granted (as during a given period).  "My weekly allowance of two eggs" , "A child's allowance should not be too generous"
2.
A sum granted as reimbursement for expenses.
3.
An amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances.  Synonym: adjustment.
4.
A permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits.  Synonyms: leeway, margin, tolerance.
5.
A reserve fund created by a charge against profits in order to provide for changes in the value of a company's assets.  Synonyms: allowance account, valuation account, valuation reserve.
6.
The act of allowing.
verb
(past & past part. allowancing)
1.
Put on a fixed allowance, as of food.



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... told me all her little things, and as she was now speaking, some of her little prattle was very taking, and the lively images of these things intrude themselves more into my mind than they should do, but there is allowance for moderate grief on such occasions. But when I am telling you of my own grief and sorrow, I know not what to say of the bereaved Mother, she hath not met with anything in this world before that hath ...
— Margaret Ogilvy • James M. Barrie
... compassionate Captain, 'arter turning in, my Heart's Delight, you'll get more way upon you. Now, I'll serve out your allowance, my lad.' To Diogenes. 'And you shall keep guard on your ...
— Dombey and Son • Charles Dickens
... my adorer too great an allowance of beard. This bush resembles the night of winter—long, ...
— Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers • Various
... thicken a cupful of liquid. This is true excepting when, as in the recipe on page 23 the flour is browned. In this case about one-half tablespoonful more should be allowed, for browned flour does not thicken so well as unbrowned. The fat used may be butter or the drippings from the meat, the allowance being 2 tablespoonfuls to ...
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