allowance

noun

1. 1

   Permission; granting, conceding, or admitting.

   you sent a large commission to Gregory de Cassado, to conclude, without the King's will or the state's allowance

   The colossal stupidity of the one-party strategy has had three disastrous effects: the nurturance of right-wing Republican homophobes, the weakening and silencing of pro-gay, progressive Republicans, and the allowance of lacklustrer^([sic]), liberal Democrats to exploit us at their will and ignore us at their convenience.

2. 2

   Acknowledgment.

   The censure of the which one must in your allowance overweigh a whole theater of others.

3. 3

   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

   Being a volunteer is unpaid, but we get accommodation and a living allowance of 100 euros a week.

4. 4

   An amount, portion, or share that is allotted or granted; a sum granted as a reimbursement, a bounty, or as appropriate for any purpose. Such a sum or portion granted to a family member or familiar, especially one's own child; pocket money for such a person.

   She gives her daughters each an allowance of thirty dollars a month.

   Some persons averred that Sir Pitt Crawley gave his brother a handsome allowance.

5. 5

   Abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances.

   to make allowance for his naivety

   After making the largest allowance for fraud.

6. 6

   A deduction from the gross weight of goods, such as to discount their container's weight or per a custom differing by country.

   Minus the allowance, the total came to thirteen tons.

7. 7

   A permitted reduction in the weight that a racehorse must carry.

   On the Flat, an apprentice jockey starts with an allowance of 7 lb.

8. 8

   A permissible deviation in the fineness and weight of coins, owing to the difficulty in securing exact conformity to the standard prescribed by law.

9. 9

   obsoleteApproval; approbation.

   […]gave allowance where he needed none

10. 10

    obsoleteLicense; indulgence.

    this Allowance for their Transgressions

11. 11

    A planned deviation between an exact dimension and a nominal or theoretical dimension.

verb

1. 1

   To put upon a fixed allowance (especially of provisions and drink).

   The captain was obliged to allowance his crew.

2. 2

   To supply in a fixed and limited quantity.

   Our provisions were allowanced.

Forms

plural

allowances

past tense

allowanced

past participle

allowanced

present participle

allowancing

third person singular

allowances