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English to English noun
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an amount allowed or granted (as during a given period) |  | Example: travel allowance
my weekly allowance of two eggs
a child's allowance should not be too generous
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a sum granted as reimbursement for expenses | | source: wordnet30
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an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances | | Example: an allowance for profit
source: wordnet30
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a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits | | source: wordnet30
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a reserve fund created by a charge against profits in order to provide for changes in the value of a company's assets | | source: wordnet30
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the act of allowing | | Example: He objected to the allowance of smoking in the dining room
source: wordnet30
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Approval; approbation. | | source: webster1913 verb
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put on a fixed allowance, as of food | | source: wordnet30
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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. | | source: webster1913
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