allowance

al·low·ance  (-louns)

n.

1. The act of allowing.

2. An amount that is allowed or granted: consumed my weekly allowance of two eggs.

3. Something, such as money, given at regular intervals or for a specific purpose: a travel allowance that covers hotel bills.

4. A price reduction, especially one granted in exchange for used merchandise: The dealer gave us an allowance on our old car.

5. A consideration for possibilities or modifying circumstances: an allowance for breakage; made allowances for rush-hour traffic in estimating travel time.

6. An allowed difference in dimension of closely mating machine parts.

tr.v. al·low·anced, al·low·anc·ing, al·low·anc·es

1. To put on a fixed allowance: cut expenses by strictly allowancing the sales representatives.

2. To dispense in fixed quantities; ration.

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allowance [əˈlaʊəns]

n

1. an amount of something, esp money or food, given or allotted usually at regular intervals

2. a discount, as in consideration for something given in part exchange or to increase business; rebate

3. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Accounting & Book-keeping) (in Britain) an amount of a person's income that is not subject to a particular tax and is therefore deducted before his or her liability to taxation is assessed

4. a portion set aside to compensate for something or to cover special expenses

5. (Social Science / Education) Brit Education a salary supplement given to a teacher who is appointed to undertake extra duties and responsibilities

6. admission; concession

7. the act of allowing; sanction; toleration

8. something allowed

make allowances (or allowance) (usually foll by for)

a.  to take mitigating circumstances into account in consideration (of)

b.  to allow (for)

vb

(tr) to supply (something) in limited amounts

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	allowance - an amount allowed or granted (as during a given period); "travel allowance"; "my weekly allowance of two eggs"; "a child's allowance should not be too generous" share, percentage, portion, part - assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group; "he wanted his share in cash" privy purse - allowance for a monarch's personal expenses
	2.	allowance - a sum granted as reimbursement for expenses reimbursement - compensation paid (to someone) for damages or losses or money already spent etc.; "he received reimbursement for his travel expenses" 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
	3.	allowance - an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances; "an allowance for profit" adjustment 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; "seasonal adjustments for housing starts must be made in mid-winter" tare - an adjustment made for the weight of the packaging in order to determine the net weight of the goods recompense - payment or reward (as for service rendered)
	4.	allowance - a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits leeway, tolerance, margin discrepancy, disagreement, divergence, variance - a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions; "a growing divergence of opinion"
	5.	allowance - a reserve fund created by a charge against profits in order to provide for changes in the value of a company's assets allowance account, valuation account, valuation reserve reserve account, reserve fund - funds taken out of earnings to provide for anticipated future payments
	6.	allowance - the act of allowing; "He objected to the allowance of smoking in the dining room" tolerance - the act of tolerating something permission, permit, license - the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization
Verb	1.	allowance - put on a fixed allowance, as of food grant, allow - let have; "grant permission"; "Mandela was allowed few visitors in prison"

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allowance

noun

1. portion, lot, share, amount, measure, grant, pension, subsidy, quota, allocation, stint, annuity, allotment, remittance, stipend, apportionment He lives on an allowance of £70 a week.

2. pocket money, grant, fee, payment, consideration, ration, handout, remittance The boy was given an allowance for his own needs.

3. concession, discount, reduction, repayment, deduction, rebate those earning less than the basic tax allowance

make allowances for someone forgive, excuse, tolerate, indulge, pardon, acquit, overlook, condone, pass over, turn a blind eye to, exonerate, absolve, bear with, wink at, extenuate, exculpate He's tired so I'll make allowances for him.

make allowances for something take into account, anticipate, allow for, bear in mind, foresee, take into consideration The raw exam results make no allowance for social background.

Translations

allowance [əˈlaʊəns] N

1. (= payment) (from state) → prestación f; (from ex-husband, benefactor) → pensión f; (from parents) → dinero mensual/semanal/; (= allocated from fund) → asignación f (esp US) (= pocket money) → dinero m de bolsillo
he makes his mother an allowance → le concede una pensión a su madre
he has an allowance of £100 a month → tiene una asignación de 100 libras mensuales
see also family B

2. (= discount) → descuento m, rebaja f (Tax) → desgravación f
tax allowance → desgravación f fiscal

3. (= concession) → concesión f
one must make allowances → hay que hacer concesiones
to make allowance(s) for sb → ser comprensivo con algn, disculpar a algn
to make allowance(s) for the weather → tener en cuenta el tiempo

4. (Mech) → tolerancia f

5. (= volume, weight) → margen m

allowance [əˈlaʊəns] n

(= grant) → allocation f; (for expenses) → indemnité f
disability allowance → allocation f d'invalidité
fuel allowance → indemnité f de déplacement
London allowance → indemnité de résidence (à Londres)

(from parent etc) (= pocket money) → argent m de poche; (to buy clothes, books etc) → subside m

(FINANCE) (for taxation purposes) → somme f déductible du revenu imposable, abattement m
personal allowance → abattement personnel

(= concession) to make allowances for sth [+ thing, situation] → tenir compte de qch
to make allowances for sb → faire des exceptions pour qn

allowance

n

→ finanzielle Unterstützung; (paid by state) → Beihilfe f; (parent to child) → Unterhaltsgeld nt; (as compensation, for unsociable hours, overseas allowance etc) → Zulage f; (on business trip) → Spesen pl; (= spending money) → Taschengeld nt; clothing allowance → Kleidungsgeld nt; petrol allowance (Brit) → Benzingeld nt; his father still gives him an allowance → sein Vater unterstützt ihn noch immer finanziell; he gives his wife a dress allowance → er gibt seiner Frau einen Zuschuss zu den Kleidungskosten; he gave her an allowance of £100 a month → er stellte ihr monatlich £ 100 zur Verfügung

(Fin: = tax allowance) → Freibetrag m

(Fin, Comm: = discount) → (Preis)nachlass m → (on für); (= quantity allowed: for shrinkage etc) → Zugabe f

(= acceptance: of goal, claim, appeal) → Anerkennung f

→ Zugeständnisse pl; to make allowance(s) for something → etw berücksichtigen; to make allowances for somebody → bei jdm Zugeständnisse machen; you have to make allowances → Sie müssen (gewisse) Zugeständnisse machen

allowance [əˈlaʊəns] n (payment) → assegno; (for travelling, accommodation) → indennità f inv; (ration) → razione f; (Tax) → detrazione f d'imposta; (discount) → riduzione f, sconto
monthly clothing allowance → cifra mensile per il vestiario
family allowance (old) (child benefit) → assegni mpl familiari
to make allowance(s) for (person) → scusare (allow for, shrinkage) → tener conto di