allowance

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Permission; granting, conceding, or admitting.
2. (countable, uncountable) Acknowledgment.
3. (countable, uncountable) An amount, portion, or share that is allotted or granted; a sum granted as a reimbursement, a bounty, or as appropriate for any purpose.
4. (countable, uncountable) An amount, portion, or share that is allotted or granted; a sum granted as a reimbursement, a bounty, or as appropriate for any purpose.
5. (countable, uncountable) Abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances.
6. (countable, uncountable) A deduction from the gross weight of goods, such as to discount their container's weight or per a custom differing by country.
7. (countable, uncountable) A permitted reduction in the weight that a racehorse must carry.
8. (countable, uncountable) A permissible deviation in the fineness and weight of coins, owing to the difficulty in securing exact conformity to the standard prescribed by law.
9. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Approval; approbation.
10. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) License; indulgence.
11. (countable, uncountable) A planned deviation between an exact dimension and a nominal or theoretical dimension.

Verb

1. (transitive) To put upon a fixed allowance (especially of provisions and drink).
2. (transitive) To supply in a fixed and limited quantity.

Opposite of

penalty

Synonyms

deduction

grant

subsidy

tolerance

margin

benefit

subvention

reduction

discount

pocket money

stipend

grant-in-aid

portion

allotment

permission

salary

consideration

license

concession

ration

assist

share

return

supply

rebate

revenue

annuity

valuation reserve

valuation account

lot

compensation

tax allowance

income

leeway

yield

allowance account

scope

spending money

room

bestowal

acceptance

reserve

permit

presumption

pay

💸

abatement

payment

💸

contribution

admission

provision

Translations

indemnité

allocation

concesión

Erlaubnis

pension

renta

indennità

tolérance

argent de poche

έκπτωση

permesso

permissão

remise

Zuschuss

παραχώρηση

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈlaʊəns/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: allouance

In summary

From Middle English allouance, from Old French alouance. Morphologically allow + -ance.