allowance
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3.3
- noun
- /əˈlaʊəns/
- Specialized
:
provisión
- Santo, I'm increasing Judge Overton and Chief Barkley's monthly allowance.
- depreciation allowance
- depletion allowance
- allowances and credits
Some of these are kind of additional allowance changes.
- Some of these are kind of additional allowance changes.
Examples
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The company provides a monthly allowance for travel expenses to its employees.
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I canceled your credit cards, and I'm revoking your allowance.
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"You will notice I have increased your allowance this year."
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Workers with families received a family allowance and access to better housing.
Academic text (1996) -
Cuts to local housing allowance, the housing benefit to people renting from private landlords, have reduced choice further.
Academic text (2011) -
I got a convent education because of a big allowance from my mother's family.
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Earl got an allowance of about $15,000 when we moved here to build it.
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Each student receives an allowance for school supplies at the beginning of the term.
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In our budget meeting, we discussed the new allowance for unexpected costs in the project.
Synonyms
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3.7
An amount added or taken away from a total for special reasons
A company keeps money from profits to cover possible drops in asset value
An amount taken off profit for tax because a business asset loses value over time
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
An amount taken off profit for tax because a business asset loses value over time
- Specialized
A record where a company keeps money for future loss in value of its goods
- Formal
Extra pay for employees who do work beyond their normal job tasks
- Specialized
Extra money employers pay employees for work beyond their normal tasks
How Much
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Allowance comes from the verb allow, which can mean 'to make room for' or 'to permit'. In business, an allowance is money 'set aside' to cover possible changes or losses.