noun. The act of allowing.

noun. An amount that is allowed or granted.

noun. Something, such as money, given at regular intervals or for a specific purpose.

noun. A small amount of money regularly given to a child, often as payment for household chores.

noun. A price reduction, especially one granted in exchange for used merchandise.

transitive verb. To put on a fixed allowance.

transitive verb. To dispense in fixed quantities; ration.

idiom. (make allowance/allowances) To take into consideration when planning something.

idiom. (make allowance/allowances) To make excuses for or treat with leniency.

To put upon allowance; limit to a certain fixed periodic amount of anything: as, to allowance a spendthrift; distress compelled the captain of the ship to allowance his crew.

noun. Praise; commendation.

noun. Sanction; approbation; authorization: as, a judge's allowance of a compromise or settlement of a case by the parties interested.

noun. Reputation.

noun. Sanction; approval; tolerance: as, the allowance of slavery.

noun. Admission or acceptance; a conceding or granting: as, the allowance of a claim.

noun. Allotment; apportionment; a definite sum or quantity set apart or granted, such as alimony: as, an allowance by a husband to a wife; an allowance of grog or tobacco to a seaman; an allowance of pocket-money.

noun. Specifically, in law, an extra sum awarded besides regular costs to the successful party in a difficult case.

noun. A deduction: as, the allowances made in commerce for tare, breakages, etc.

noun. An abatement or addition on account of some extenuating, qualifying, enhancing, or other circumstance: as, to make allowances for a person's youth or inexperience; allowance for difference of time; allowance for shrinkage of values, etc.

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

transitive verb. To put upon a fixed allowance (esp. of provisions and drink); to supply in a fixed and limited quantity

noun. Approval; approbation.

noun. The act of allowing, granting, conceding, or admitting; authorization; permission; sanction; tolerance.

noun. Acknowledgment.

noun. License; indulgence.

noun. That which is allowed; a share or portion allotted or granted; a sum granted as a reimbursement, a bounty, or as appropriate for any purpose; a stated quantity, as of food or drink; hence, a limited quantity of meat and drink, when provisions fall short.

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

noun. A customary deduction from the gross weight of goods, different in different countries, such as tare and tret.

noun. The act of allowing, granting, conceding, or admitting; authorization; permission; sanction; tolerance.

noun. Acknowledgment.

noun. That which is allowed; a share or portion allotted or granted; a sum granted as a reimbursement, a bounty, or as appropriate for any purpose; a stated quantity, as of food or drink; hence, a limited quantity of meat and drink, when provisions fall short.

noun. Abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances; as, to make allowance for the inexperience of youth.

noun. A customary deduction from the gross weight of goods, different in different countries, such as tare and tret.

noun. A child's allowance; pocket money.

verb. To put upon a fixed allowance (especially of provisions and drink); to supply in a fixed and limited quantity.

noun. an amount allowed or granted (as during a given period)

verb. put on a fixed allowance, as of food

noun. the act of allowing

noun. a sum granted as reimbursement for expenses

noun. an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances

noun. a reserve fund created by a charge against profits in order to provide for changes in the value of a company's assets

noun. a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits

"II. i.49 (398,4) Of very expert and approv'd allowance] I read, _Very expert, and of approv'd allowance_."

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