Allowance

n. stipend; grant; pocket money; discount, deduction; acknowledgment

An allowance can be various things, depending on the context. The word allowance (pronounced ) is an English word originating from the Old French word alouance (which evolved from Latin allaudāre, "to praise" and from Medieval Latin allocāre, "to assign"). The allow- root refers most generally to the concept of permission; an allowance in most abstract terms is an act or instance of something being allowed, that is, permitted. From this most general meaning flow many specific meanings of allowance in English, detailed in following sections.
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Noun
1. 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"
(hypernym) share, portion, part, percentage
(hyponym) privy purse
2. a sum granted as reimbursement for expenses
(hypernym) reimbursement
(hyponym) travel allowance
3. an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances; "an allowance for profit"
(synonym) adjustment
(hypernym) recompense
(hyponym) cost-of-living allowance
4. a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits
(synonym) leeway, margin, tolerance
(hypernym) discrepancy, disagreement, divergence, variance
(derivation) allow, permit, tolerate
5. a reserve fund created by a charge against profits in order to provide for changes in the value of a company's assets
(synonym) valuation reserve, valuation account, allowance account
(hypernym) reserve account, reserve fund
6. the act of allowing; "He objected to the allowance of smoking in the diningroom"
(hypernym) license, permission, permit
(hyponym) tolerance
(derivation) allow, permit, tolerate
Verb
1. put on a fixed allowance, as of food
(hypernym) allow, grant

(n.)
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.
  

(n.)
The act of allowing, granting, conceding, or admitting; authorization; permission; sanction; tolerance.
  

(n.)
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.
  

(n.)
License; indulgence.
  

(n.)
Approval; approbation.
  

(n.)
Acknowledgment.
  

(n.)
Abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances; as, to make allowance for the inexperience of youth.
  

(n.)
A customary deduction from the gross weight of goods, different in different countries, such as tare and tret.
  

n.
1. permission
آگيا , پروانگي , اجازت , حکم , منظوري
2. portion appointed
پيٹيا , چبيني , سيدھا , بھتا راتبہ , راتب , خوراک
3. salary
ماہانہ , در ماہہ , تنخواہ , طلب , وظيفہ , مشاہرہ
4. deduction
گھٹي , کمي , منہائي , وضع
allowance to zamindars ousted from their estate
مالکانہ , حق مالک , حق ملکيت
daily allowance
روزينہ , روزن داري , چبيني
deputation allowance
بھتا
house-rent allowance
کرايہ خرچ
personal allowance
ذاتي تنخواہ , اضافہ, ذاتي
tentage allowance