Search Details
Word: allowance
(lookup usage)
(lookup stats)
Meaning:
Noun:
- Abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances; as, to make allowance for the inexperience of youth.
- A child's allowance; pocket money.
- Acknowledgment.
- commerce A customary deduction from the gross weight of goods, different in different countries, such as tare and tret.
- 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.
- The act of conceding, or admitting; authorization; permission; sanction; tolerance.
Source: Wiktionary
| Src Info »