allowance
/əˈlaʊɪns/
Frequency: 3.85 in modern English
Meaning
noun
An amount, portion, or share that is allotted or granted; a sum granted as a reimbursement, a bounty, or as appropriate for any purpose.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
An amount, portion, or share that is allotted or granted; a sum granted as a reimbursement, a bounty, or as appropriate for any purpose.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
Abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A deduction from the gross weight of goods, such as to discount their container's weight or per a custom differing by country.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A permissible deviation in the fineness and weight of coins, owing to the difficulty in securing exact conformity to the standard prescribed by law.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "you sent a large commission to Gregory de Cassado, to conclude, without the King's will or the state's allowance"
- "[Mr. Michie] Q[uestion]. Didn't Dr. Carter, Director of the OHTA [Office of Health Technology Assessment], and Martin Erlichman, OHTA scientific analyst assigned to this assessment, express to you concerns about 60 days being unreasonable as far as timeframe was concerned for this assessment? [Mr. Marshall] A[nswer]. There was some discussion about that, but that occurred some time later when we made the decision to put a notice in the Federal Register. We—when we do an assessment, we put a notice in the Federal Register and then that requires the allowance of a certain amount of time for public comment."
- "The physical background of foaming of the complex fermentation liquids is not well understood. Proteins do play a major role, but all other components can also be important. Foaming is a problem, but its relation to mass transfer leads to the allowance of a certain amount of foam on top of the fermenter. For foam control a number of methods are available. Most widely used are the antifoam liquids and the centrifugal separator. The latter one should be equipped with a safety antifoam dosage device also and is less attractive for large-scale applications."
- "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."
- "The censure of the which one must in your allowance overweigh a whole theater of others."
- "her meagre allowance of food or drink"
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Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /əˈlaʊɪns/