allowance

sustantivoverbocorriente en diálogos

Canadá//əˈlaʊɪns//
//əˈlaʊəns//

Permission; granting, conceding, or admitting.

sustantivo

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
Acknowledgment.
The censure of the which one must in your allowance overweigh a whole theater of others.
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
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
Abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances.
to make allowance for his naivety
After making the largest allowance for fraud.
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
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
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
obsoletoApproval; approbation.
[…]gave allowance where he needed none
10
obsoletoLicense; indulgence.
this Allowance for their Transgressions
11
A planned deviation between an exact dimension and a nominal or theoretical dimension.

Etimología

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Latin laus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin laudō Latin allaudō Old French aloer ▲ Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *stel-der. Proto-Italic *stlokos? Old Latin stlocus Latin locus ▲ Latin -ō Latin locō Latin allocō Old French aloer Old French alouer Proto-Indo-European *-onts Latin -ns Latin -āns Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin -āntia Old French -ance Old French alouancebor. Middle English allouance English allowance From Middle English allouance, from Old French alouance. Morphologically allow + -ance.

verbo

1
To put upon a fixed allowance (especially of provisions and drink).
The captain was obliged to allowance his crew.
2
To supply in a fixed and limited quantity.
Our provisions were allowanced.

Formas

plural: allowances
pasado: allowanced
participio: allowanced
gerundio: allowancing
3.ª persona del singular: allowances

alligator · Either of two species of large amphibious reptile, Alligator…Allison · A surname originating as a patronymic.allow · To let one have as a suitable share of something.

allowance · Permission; granting, conceding, or admitting.

allowed · Permitted, authorized.ally · To unite or form a connection between (people or things), as…Ally · A diminutive of the female given names Alice, Alison,…

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