| NOUN | possession | allowance | an amount allowed or granted / granted (as during a given period) |
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| possession | allowance | a sum granted as reimbursement for expenses | |
| possession | allowance, adjustment | an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances | |
| attribute | allowance, leeway, margin, tolerance | a permissible / permissible difference | |
| possession | allowance, valuation reserve, valuation account, allowance account | a reserve fund created by a charge against profits / profits in order to provide for changes in the value of a company's assets | |
| act | allowance | the act of allowing | |
| VERB | possession | allowance | put on a fixed allowance, as of food |
| Sounds | ahlaw'ahns | |
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| Rhymes | abeyance ... virulence: 273 rhymes with ahns... | |
| Meaning | An amount allowed or granted / granted (as during a given period). | |
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| Examples |
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| Narrower | privy purse | Allowance for a monarch's personal expenses |
| Broader | share, portion, part, percentage | assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group |
| Spanish | asignación, paga | |
| Catalan | assignació, paga | |
| Verbs | allow | give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause |
| allowance | put on a fixed allowance, as of food | |
| Meaning | A sum granted as reimbursement for expenses. | |
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| Narrower | per diem | A daily allowance for living expenses (especially while traveling in connection with your job) |
| travel allowance, travel reimbursement | A sum allowed for travel | |
| Broader | reimbursement | compensation paid (to someone) for damages or losses or money already spent etc. |
| Spanish | dieta | |
| Catalan | dieta | |
| Meaning | An amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances. | |
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| Example | "an allowance for profit" | |
| Synonym | adjustment | |
| Narrower | cost-of-living allowance | An allowance for changes in the consumer price index |
| deduction, discount | An amount or percentage deducted | |
| depreciation allowance | An allowance for loss due to depreciation | |
| seasonal adjustment | A statistical adjustment made to accommodate predictable fluctuations as a function of the season of the year | |
| tare | An adjustment made for the weight of the packaging in order to determine the net weight of the goods | |
| Broader | recompense | Payment or reward (as for service rendered) |
| Spanish | bonificación | |
| Meaning | A permissible / permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits. | |
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| Synonyms | leeway, margin, tolerance | |
| Broader | discrepancy, disagreement, divergence, variance | A difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions |
| Spanish | margen | |
| Catalan | marge | |
| Verbs | allow | allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting |
| Meaning | A reserve fund created by a charge against profits / profits in order to provide for changes in the value of a company's assets. | |
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| Synonyms | valuation reserve, valuation account, allowance account | |
| Broader | reserve account, reserve fund | funds taken out of earnings to provide for anticipated future payments |
| Meaning | The act of allowing. | |
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| Example | "He objected to the allowance of smoking in the dining room" | |
| Narrower | tolerance | The act of tolerating something |
| Broader | license, permission, permit | The act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization |
| Spanish | concesión | |
| Catalan | concessió | |
| Verbs | allow | allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting |
| Meaning | put on a fixed allowance, as of food. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody something | |
| Broader | allow, grant | Let have |
| Nouns | allowance | an amount allowed or granted / granted (as during a given period) |
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