allowance

Fetched 2026-10-26 (cache).

Synonyms: alliance, avowance, allowable, allurance, allowances, allowanced, reallowance

Antonyms: alliance, avowance, allowable, allurance, allowances, allowanced, reallowance

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Noun

{{senseid|en|permission; concession; admittance}} [[permission|Permission]]; [[grant]]ing, [[concede|conceding]], or [[admit]]ting.
{{senseid|en|acknowledgment}} [[acknowledgment|Acknowledgment]].
{{senseid|en|money or in-kind portion}} An amount, portion, or share that is allotted or granted; a sum granted as a [[reimbursement]], a bounty, or as appropriate for any purpose.
{{senseid|en|abatement; deduction; mitigation}} [[abatement|Abatement]]; [[deduction]]; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances.
{{senseid|en|deduction from gross weight of goods}} {{lb|en|commerce}} A [[deduction]] from the gross weight of goods, such as to discount their container's weight or per a custom differing by country.
{{senseid|en|weight reduction in horse racing}} {{lb|en|horse racing}} A permitted reduction in the weight that a racehorse must carry.
{{lb|en|minting}} A permissible [[deviation]] in the [[fineness]] and [[weight]] of [[coin]]s, owing to the difficulty in securing exact conformity to the standard prescribed by law.
{{lb|en|obsolete}} [[approval|Approval]]; [[approbation]].
{{lb|en|obsolete}} [[license|License]]; [[indulgence]].
{{lb|en|historical|legal}} A [[sum]] of money [[allot|allotted]] to a [[wife]] for her separate [[maintenance]], especially [[alimony]] granted upon a legal [[separation]] or [[divorce]].
{{senseid|en|planned deviation in engineering}} {{lb|en|engineering}} A planned [[deviation]] between an exact [[dimension]] and a [[nominal]] or [[theoretical]] dimension.

Verb

{{lb|en|transitive}} To put upon a fixed allowance (especially of provisions and drink).
{{lb|en|transitive}} To supply in a fixed and limited quantity.

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