When you're a kid, you might earn an allowance or a sum of money in exchange for doing chores around the house. Your parents' allowance or tolerance of your silly behavior will depend on how strict they are.
Approval; approbation.
Noun
the act of allowing; "He objected to the allowance of smoking in the diningroom"
Noun
a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits
Noun
an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances; "an allowance for profit"
Noun
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"
Noun
a sum granted as reimbursement for expenses
Noun
a reserve fund created by a charge against profits in order to provide for changes in the value of a company''s assets
Verb
put on a fixed allowance, as of food
n.
Approval; approbation.
n.
The act of allowing, granting, conceding, or admitting;
authorization; permission; sanction; tolerance.
n.
Acknowledgment.
n.
License; indulgence.
n.
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.
n.
Abatement; deduction; the taking into account of
mitigating circumstances; as, to make allowance for the inexperience of
youth.
n.
A customary deduction from the gross weight of goods,
different in different countries, such as tare and tret.
n.
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.
Allowance
Without the king's will or the state's allowance.3.
The censure of the which one must in your allowance o'erweigh a whole theater of others.4.
I can give the boy a handsome allowance.6.
After making the largest allowance for fraud.7.
Allowance
Approval; approbation.
To put upon a fixed allowance (esp. of provisions and drink); to supply in a fixed and limited quantity;
Usage Examples
Study until twenty-five, investigation until forty, profession until sixty, at which age I would have him retired on a double allowance.
The essence of true friendship is to make allowance for another's little lapses.
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Other Usage ExamplesReasoned arguments and suggestions which make allowance for the full difficulties of the state of war that exists may help, and will always be listened to with respect and sympathy.
The finest workers in stone are not copper or steel tools, but the gentle touches of air and water working at their leisure with a liberal allowance of time.