allowance

== English == === Alternative forms === allowaunce (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle English allouance, from Old French alouance. Morphologically allow +‎ -ance. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /əˈlaʊəns/ Hyphenation: al‧low‧ance === Noun === allowance (countable and uncountable, plural allowances) Permission; granting, conceding, or admitting. Acknowledgment. An amount, portion, or share that is allotted or granted; a sum granted as a reimbursement, a bounty, or as appropriate for any purpose. her meagre allowance of food or drink Such a sum or portion granted to a family member or familiar, especially one's own child; pocket money for such a person. Abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances. to make allowance for his naivety (commerce) A deduction from the gross weight of goods, such as to discount their container's weight or per a custom differing by country. Hyponyms: tare, tret (horse racing) A permitted reduction in the weight that a racehorse must carry. Antonym: penalty (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. (obsolete) Approval; approbation. (obsolete) License; indulgence. (engineering) A planned deviation between an exact dimension and a nominal or theoretical dimension. ==== Synonyms ==== (act of allowing): authorization, permission, sanction, tolerance. (money): stipend (minting): remedy, tolerance ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Cebuano: alawans → Malay: élaun ==== Translations ==== === Verb === allowance (third-person singular simple present allowances, present participle allowancing, simple past and past participle allowanced) (transitive) To put upon a fixed allowance (especially of provisions and drink). (transitive) To supply in a fixed and limited quantity. === References === “allowance”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.