allowance 
al·low·ance (ə lo̵u′əns)
noun
- the act of allowing, permitting, admitting, etc. the allowance of a claim
- something allowed as a share; specif., an amount of money, food, etc. given regularly to a child, dependent, etc. or to military personnel for a specific purpose travel allowance
- a reduction in the price of something in consideration of a large order or of turning in a used article, etc.
- the amount by which something is allowed to be more or less than stated, as to compensate for the weight of the container, inaccuracy of machining, etc.
transitive verb -·anced, -·anc·ing
- to put on an allowance or a ration
- to apportion economically
adjective
designating a horse race in which the weight each horse must carry is set by a formula tied to the horse's past performance and earnings
make allowance
or make allowancesto take circumstances, limitations, etc. into consideration
make allowance for
or make allowances for- to forgive or excuse because of mitigating factors
- to leave room, time, etc. for; allow for
allowance
n.
Portion
quantity, quota, ration; see share.A periodic gratuity
stipend, salary, wage, commission, fee, recompense, hire, quarterage, pittance, remittance, gift, grant, travel grant, pension, alimony, annuity, stated maintenance, settled rate, endowment, scholarship, fellowship, prize, bounty, interest, subsidy, honorarium, pay, viaticum, stint, bequest, legacy, inheritance, grant for support, contribution, aid, subvention, pocket money, dole*, handout*, pin money*. Discount
reduction, deduction, cut, adjustment; see discount.
make allowances (for)
n
- A portion or share, especially of money.
- A portion of a decedents estate awarded by statute to the decedents survivors for support during the administration of the estate, regardless of whether they have any rights to the estate or any testamentary disposition or competing claims to the estate. If statutorily available is only to the surviving spouse, it is known as a spousal (or widows or widowers) allowance. If statutorily available is to surviving spouse, children, or parents, it is known as a family allowance. See also elective share.
- The court-ordered financial award to a fiduciary for services rendered.
- A deduction.
Preposition: of
- shilling: There was an allowance of 3 shillings ( 15 pence ) per burial which was paid until the 1820's.
Possessives
- jobseeker: This particularly affects people who claim income support or jobseeker's allowance.
- helper: A non-medical helper's allowance of up to £ 11,550 each year.
- dependant: The above amounts do not include older students ' allowance and dependants ' allowance.
Converse of object
- exceed: Where benefits exceed the lifetime allowance an additional tax charge will arise.
- foster: We see no reason to oppose a national scale of fostering allowances.
- allocate: Companies that emit more than their allocated allowance will be penalized.
- live: The figure on take-up of disability living allowance for disabled children is from Reaching its Target?
Adjective modifier
- tax-free: A substantial increase in the tax-free personal allowance 3. ... .
- generous: Good conditions of service include a generous leave allowance.
- first-year: Good news was to be found with an increase in the rate of first-year capital allowances for small businesses.
- invalid: The payment for the care of adult dependants would then be a separate benefit, a development of the present invalid care allowance " .
- recommended: Make sure you stick to your recommended POINTS allowance.
- monthly: However, new free monthly allowances will only start from the next anniversary date.
Noun used with modifier
- baggage: Infants who share your seat do not have a baggage allowance.
- lifetime: Members who expect to accrue enough pension to take them above the lifetime allowance in the future might also need to register certain rights.
- mileage: Doctors are also entitled to charge a mileage allowance, where appropriate.
- subsistence: No traveling or subsistence allowance will be paid by the University.
- attendance: Attendance allowance is paid by the Department of Social Security to disabled people who require regular assistance with their personal care.
- capital: The favored proposal is for the introduction of a single new car pool with a reduced rate of capital allowances.
If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you; If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too; If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or being lied about, don't deal in lies, Or being hated, don't give way to hating, And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise; If you can dreamöand not make dreams your master; If you can thinköand not make thoughts your aim, If you can meet withTriumph and Disaster And treat those two imposters just the same.
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