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Noun
Definition: 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"
Definition: a sum granted as reimbursement for expenses
Definition: an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances; "an allowance for profit"
Definition: a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits
Definition: a reserve fund created by a charge against profits in order to provide for changes in the value of a company's assets
Definition: the act of allowing; "He objected to the allowance of smoking in the dining room"
Definition: permission; granting, conceding, or admitting
Verb
Definition: put on a fixed allowance, as of food
Definition: To put upon a fixed allowance (especially of provisions and drink).