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Meaning of allowance
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
allowance
n 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"
2: a sum granted as reimbursement for expenses
3: an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying
circumstances; "an allowance for profit" [syn: {allowance},
{adjustment}]
4: a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move
within limits [syn: {allowance}, {leeway}, {margin},
{tolerance}]
5: a reserve fund created by a charge against profits in order
to provide for changes in the value of a company's assets
[syn: {valuation reserve}, {valuation account}, {allowance},
{allowance account}]
6: the act of allowing; "He objected to the allowance of smoking
in the dining room"
v 1: put on a fixed allowance, as of food
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