Sekirov Dictionary

allowance

/əˈlaʊɪns/

noun12

  1. An amount, portion, or share that is allotted or granted; a sum granted as a reimbursement, a bounty, or as appropriate for any purpose.
  2. Such a sum or portion granted to a family member or familiar, especially one's own child; pocket money for such a person.
  3. (historical) A sum of money allotted to a wife for her separate maintenance, especially alimony granted upon a legal separation or divorce.
  4. Abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances.
  5. A deduction from the gross weight of goods, such as to discount their container's weight or per a custom differing by country.
  6. A permitted reduction in the weight that a racehorse must carry.
  7. Permission; granting, conceding, or admitting.
  8. Acknowledgment.
  9. A permissible deviation in the fineness and weight of coins, owing to the difficulty in securing exact conformity to the standard prescribed by law.
  10. A planned deviation between an exact dimension and a nominal or theoretical dimension.
  11. (no longer used) License; indulgence.
  12. (no longer used) Approval; approbation.

verb2

  1. To put upon a fixed allowance (especially of provisions and drink).
  2. To supply in a fixed and limited quantity.
forms

allowanced · allowancing · allowances

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