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allowance
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noun (n)
- an amount allowed or granted (as during a given period)(noun.possession)Example:
Travel allowance.
My weekly allowance of two eggs.
A child's allowance should not be too generous.
source: wordnet30 - a sum granted as reimbursement for expenses(noun.possession)source: wordnet30
- an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances(noun.possession)Example:
An allowance for profit.
source: wordnet30 - a reserve fund created by a charge against profits in order to provide for changes in the value of a company's assets(noun.possession)source: wordnet30
- the act of allowing(noun.act)Example:
He objected to the allowance of smoking in the dining room.
source: wordnet30 - Approval; approbation.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- put on a fixed allowance, as of food(verb.possession)source: wordnet30
- 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.(verb)source: webster1913
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