allowance

Noun
  1. 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 group
    hyponym: privy purse - allowance for a monarch's personal expenses
  2. 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:
  3. 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
  4. 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
    synonym: leeway, margin, tolerance
  5. 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
    synonym: allowance account, valuation account, valuation reserve
  6. The act of allowing (synset 101144162)
    "He objected to the allowance of smoking in the dining room"
    hypernym: license, permission, permit - the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization
    hyponym: tolerance - the act of tolerating something
Verb
  1. Put on a fixed allowance, as of food (synset 202260629)
    hypernym: allow, grant - let have

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