Allowance
nounə'laʊəns
Noun
an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances
“an allowance for profit”
Similar:AdjustmentType of:Recompensean 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”
Type of:PercentageSharePartthe act of allowing
“He objected to the allowance of smoking in the dining room”
Type of:LicensePermissionPermita reserve fund created by a charge against profits in order to provide for changes in the value of a company's assets
a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits
a sum granted as reimbursement for expenses
Type of:Reimbursement
Verb
put on a fixed allowance, as of food
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