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noun
1.
the act of allowing.
2.
an amount or share allotted or granted.
3.
a sum of money allotted or granted for a particular purpose, as for expenses: Her allowance for the business trip was $200.
4.
a sum of money allotted or granted to a person on a regular basis, as for personal or general living expenses: The art student lived on an allowance of $300 a month. When I was in first grade, my parents gave me an allowance of 50 cents a week.
5.
EXPANDan addition or deduction based on an extenuating or qualifying circumstance: an allowance for profit; an allowance for depreciation.
6.
acknowledgment; concession: the allowance of a claim.
7.
sanction; tolerance: the allowance of slavery.
8.
Machinery. a prescribed difference in dimensions of two closely fitting mating parts with regard to minimum clearance or maximum interference. Compare tolerance (def. 6a).
9.
COLLAPSECoining. tolerance (def. 7).
verb (used with object)
10.
to place on a fixed allowance, as of food or drink.
11.
to allocate (supplies, rations, etc.) in fixed or regular amounts.
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Allowancing
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make allowance/allowances (for),
a.
to take mitigating factors or circumstances into consideration.
b.
to pardon; excuse.
c.
to reserve time, money, etc.; allow for: Make allowance for souvenirs on the return trip.
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Word Origin & History
allowance
late 14c., "praise" (a sense now obsolete), from O.Fr. alouance, from alouer (see allow). Sense of "a sum alloted to meet expenses" is from mid-15c. In accounts, meaning "a sum placed to one's credit" is attested from 1520s. To make allowances is lit. to add or deduct a sum
EXPANDfrom someone's account for some special circumstance. Figurative use of the phrase is attested from 1670s.
COLLAPSE
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