allowance
Noun
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An amount allowed or granted (as during a given period) (synset 113307277)
"travel allowance"; "my weekly allowance of two eggs"; "a child's allowance should not be too generous"hypernym: part, percentage, portion, share - assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or grouphyponym: privy purse - allowance for a monarch's personal expenses
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A sum granted as reimbursement for expenses (synset 113314400)
hypernym: reimbursement - compensation paid (to someone) for damages or losses or money already spent etc.hyponym:
- 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
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An amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances (synset 113295115)
"an allowance for profit"hypernym: recompense - payment or reward (as for service rendered)hyponym:
- cost-of-living allowance - an allowance for changes in the consumer price index
- depreciation allowance - an allowance for loss due to depreciation
- deduction, discount - an amount or percentage deducted
- 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
synonym: adjustment -
A permissible difference;
Allowing some freedom to move within limits (synset 104757264)hypernym: disagreement, discrepancy, divergence, variance - a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions -
A reserve fund created by a charge against profits in order to provide for changes in the value of a company's assets (synset 113391388)
hypernym: reserve account, reserve fund - funds taken out of earnings to provide for anticipated future payments
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The act of allowing (synset 101144162)
"He objected to the allowance of smoking in the dining room"hyponym: tolerance - the act of tolerating something
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