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allowance
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[ noun ] an amount allowed or granted (as during a given period)
Examples : "travel allowance" "my weekly allowance of two eggs" "a child's allowance should not be too generous" Used in print (The Sun, [Baltimore],...)She was moving_up to the allowance department after winning a $ 10000 claiming event . (John Hazard Wildman, "Take It Off," The Arizona...)`` Imagine you won't get your allowance if you 're caught not smiling - or smiling with your lips trembling too_much '' , Arlene suggested . Related terms |
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[ noun ] a permissible difference; allowing freedom to move within limits
Used in print (A.L. Kroeber, "Semantic Contribution of Lexicostatistic...)Hoijer 's Athabascan and my Yokuts share 71 identical meanings ( with allowance for several near synonyms like stomach belly , big large , long far , many much , die dead , say speak ) . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (business) an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances
Synonyms Examples "an allowance for profit" Used in print (Orlin J. Scoville, Part-Time Farming...)Include as expenditures an allowance for depreciation of farm_buildings and equipment . |
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[ noun ] (business) a sum granted as reimbursement for expenses
Used in print (The Atlanta Constitution...)Schley_County_Rep._B._D._Pelham will offer a resolution Monday in the House to rescind the body 's action of Friday in voting itself a $ 10 per day increase in expense allowances . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (finance,business) a reserve fund created by a charge against profits in order to provide for changes in the value of a company's assets
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[ verb ] put on a fixed allowance, as of food
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