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.