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Meaning of ALLOWANCE in English

Approval; approbation.

Use in sentences of ALLOWANCE

    Meaning of ALLOWANCE in English

    • Approval; approbation.
    • The act of allowing, granting, conceding, or admitting; authorization; permission; sanction; tolerance.
    • Acknowledgment.
    • License; indulgence.
    • That which is allowed; a share or portion allotted or granted; a sum granted as a reimbursement, a bounty, or as appropriate for any purpose; a stated quantity, as of food or drink; hence, a limited quantity of meat and drink, when provisions fall short.
    • Abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances; as, to make allowance for the inexperience of youth.
    • A customary deduction from the gross weight of goods, different in different countries, such as tare and tret.
    • To put upon a fixed allowance (esp. of provisions and drink); to supply in a fixed and limited quantity; as, the captain was obliged to allowance his crew; our provisions were allowanced.
    • Approval; approbation.
    • The act of allowing, granting, conceding, or admitting; authorization; permission; sanction; tolerance.
    • Acknowledgment.
    • License; indulgence.
    • That which is allowed; a share or portion allotted or granted; a sum granted as a reimbursement, a bounty, or as appropriate for any purpose; a stated quantity, as of food or drink; hence, a limited quantity of meat and drink, when provisions fall short.
    • Abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances; as, to make allowance for the inexperience of youth.
    • A customary deduction from the gross weight of goods, different in different countries, such as tare and tret.
    • To put upon a fixed allowance (esp. of provisions and drink); to supply in a fixed and limited quantity; as, the captain was obliged to allowance his crew; our provisions were allowanced.

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