allowance
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3.0
- noun
- /əˈlaʊəns/
- Specialized
:
holgura
- However, there must be some allowance for similar quality goods to have some price variation.
- make allowances for
- include an allowance
- due allowance
Examples
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Of course, you must make allowances for my daughter, gentlemen.
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My dear inspector, you must make allowances for these showpeople.
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There must be some allowance for failure, and an acceptable failure rate must be defined.
Academic text (1991) -
Everyone else has to make allowances to live in this world.
Fiction book (1994) -
You need to make allowances for the emotions that this will bring up.
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Joy Miller, since this is your first time in my country, I will make allowances for you.
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You have a petrol allowance of £40 a week.
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Nynaeve had to learn how to make allowances and give consideration; truly she did.
Fiction book (1992) -
Don't be so structured with questions that there is no allowance for spontaneity.
Academic text (2004) -
You have a petrol allowance of £40 a week.
Synonyms
226
3.9
An extra amount left for safety or small mistakes
42
4.8
Allowed amount of difference from the exact size or value
40
3.7
An amount added or taken away from a total for special reasons
37
4.3
Extra room to act and allow small mistakes
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
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Allowance comes from the verb allow, in the sense 'to leave room' or 'to permit', so an allowance is the permitted 'margin' or extra space you plan for in a design or schedule.