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What (who) is Allowance - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Allowances; Allowance (disambiguation)
allowance
(allowances)
1.
An allowance is money that is given to someone, usually on a regular basis, in order to help them pay for the things that they need.
He lives on a single parent's allowance of ?70 a week...
N-COUNT: usu with supp, oft N of amount
2.
A child's allowance is money that is given to him or her every week or every month by his or her parents. (mainly AM; in BRIT, use pocket money
)
)
N-COUNT: usu poss N
3.
Your tax allowance is the amount of money that you are allowed to earn before you have to start paying income tax. (BRIT; in AM, use personal exemption
)
)
...those earning less than the basic tax allowance.
N-COUNT: usu with supp
4.
A particular type of allowance is an amount of something that you are allowed in particular circumstances.
Most of our flights have a baggage allowance of 44lbs per passenger.
N-COUNT: with supp
5.
If you make allowances for something, you take it into account in your decisions, plans, or actions.
We'll make allowances in the schedule for time off...
PHRASE: V and N inflect, oft PHR for n
6.
If you make allowances for someone, you accept behaviour which you would not normally accept or deal with them less severely than you would normally, because of a problem that they have.
He's tired so I'll make allowances for him.
PHRASE: V inflects, oft PHR for n
allowance
n.
taking into account
1) to make (an) allowance for (to make allowance/an allowance for inexperience; to make allowances for wear and tear)
sum granted
2) to grant an allowance
3) a cost-of-living; depletion; trade-in allowance
4) a daily; fixed; weekly allowance
allowance
I. n.
1.
Permission, leave, license, permit, authorization, connivance, sanction, authority, approval, approbation, sufferance.
2.
Admission, acknowledgment, concession, assent.
3.
Grant for support, stated maintenance, commission.
4.
Qualification, modification, extenuation, limitation, exception.
5.
Ration, stated quantity (of food or drink).
II. v. a.
Put upon allowance, limit in the supply of food.
Wikipedia
Allowance
Allowance may refer to:
- Allowance (engineering), a planned deviation between two dimensions
- Allowance (money), an amount of money given at regular intervals for a specific purpose
- Allowance for bad debts in accounting
- Carbon emission trading as an economic tool in climate change mitigation
- Emissions trading for pollutants in general
Examples of use of Allowance
1. The benefits listed range from a ‘3,053 location allowance‘ to a ‘1,000 essential car user allowance‘ and a 675 environmental allowance.
2. SABB provides tuition fees, travel allowance and a daily allowance for the selected candidates.
3. Besides this, the ministry also spent Rs 30,000 towards entertainment allowance and and another Rs 7600 as contingencies allowance.
4. These included a raised personal tax allowance of 8,000 Euros, and a transferable child tax allowance of the same amount.
5. They include incapacity benefit, disability living allowance, income support, housing benefit, rent allowance and council tax benefit.