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Definition allowance

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French alouance.

Noun

allowance (countable and uncountable, plural allowances)

1. permission; granting, conceding, or admitting
2. Acknowledgment.
3. That which is allowed; a share or portion allotted or granted; a sum granted as a reimbursement, a bounty, or as appropriate for any purpose; a stated quantity
4. Abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances
5. (commerce) A customary deduction from the gross weight of goods, different in different countries
6. A child's allowance; pocket money.
7. (minting) A permissible deviation in the fineness and weight of coins, owing to the difficulty in securing exact conformity to the standard prescribed by law.
8. (obsolete) approval; approbation
9. (obsolete) license; indulgence

Verb

allowance (third-person singular simple present allowances, present participle allowancing, simple past and past participle allowanced)

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

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