Meaning

12 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)Permission; granting, conceding, or admitting.

    Erlaubnis

    разреше́ниеrazrešénije, позволе́ниеpozvolénije, до́пускdópusk

    до́звілdózvil

  2. (countable, uncountable)Acknowledgment.

    Würdigung, Anerkennung

    приня́тиеprinjátije, призна́ниеpriznánije

  3. (countable, uncountable)An amount, portion, or share that is allotted or granted; a sum granted as a reimbursement, a bounty, or as appropriate for any purpose.

    her meagre allowance of food or drink

    Being a volunteer is unpaid, but we get accommodation and a living allowance of 100 euros a week.

    finanzielle Abgeltung, Kostenerstattung, Aufwandsentschädigung

    a sum granted as reimbursement for expenses

  4. An amount, portion, or share that is allotted or granted; a sum granted as a reimbursement, a bounty, or as appropriate for any purpose.

    (countable, uncountable)Such a sum or portion granted to a family member or familiar, especially one's own child; pocket money for such a person.

    She gives her daughters each an allowance of thirty dollars a month.

  5. (countable, uncountable)Abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances.

    to make allowance for his naivety

    Goodwill-Abzug, Zugeständnis, Nachsicht

    приня́тие во внима́ниеprinjátije vo vnimánije, попра́вкаpoprávka, ски́дкаskídka

  6. (countable, uncountable)A deduction from the gross weight of goods, such as to discount their container's weight or per a custom differing by country.

    Minus the allowance, the total came to thirteen tons.

    Tara, handelsüblicher Abzug

  7. (countable, uncountable)A permitted reduction in the weight that a racehorse must carry.

    On the Flat, an apprentice jockey starts with an allowance of 7 lb.

  8. (countable, uncountable)A permissible deviation in the fineness and weight of coins, owing to the difficulty in securing exact conformity to the standard prescribed by law.

  9. (countable, historical, uncountable)A sum of money allotted to a wife for her separate maintenance, especially alimony granted upon a legal separation or divorce.

  10. (countable, uncountable)A planned deviation between an exact dimension and a nominal or theoretical dimension.

    Toleranz, Schwund (phys)

  11. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Approval; approbation.

  12. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)License; indulgence.

Examples

80 sentences
  1. Tom has already spent his allowance.

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  2. Tom gives his children an allowance.

    ruТом даёт своим детям деньги на карманные расходы.

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  3. Tom gives his kids an allowance.

    ruТом даёт своим детям деньги на карманные расходы.

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  4. Some children get a weekly allowance.

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  5. I give my children an allowance.

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Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
the act of allowing, granting, conceding, or admitting; authorization; permission; sanction; tolerance:
Русский
By meaning 4
that which is allowed:
the act of allowing, granting, conceding, or admitting; authorization; permission; sanction; tolerance:
acknowledgment:
abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances:
Deutsch
By meaning 6
the act of allowing, granting, conceding, or admitting; authorization; permission; sanction; tolerance:
acknowledgment:
an amount that is granted:
abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances:
a customary deduction from the gross weight of goods:
a planned deviation between dimensions:

Origin

From Middle English allouance, from Old French alouance. Morphologically allow + -ance.

From Middle English allouance, from Old French alouance. Morphologically allow + -ance.

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Forms

plural: allowances
Singularallowance
Pluralallowances

regular

Synonyms

28 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

10 related words

Collocations

3 patterns
  • an an allowance
  • made allowances for
  • made allowances

See also

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