Allowance
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Definition of Allowance
Noun
- Permission; granting, conceding, or admitting.
- Acknowledgment.
- An amount, portion, or share that is allotted or granted; a sum granted as a reimbursement, a bounty, or as appropriate for any purpose.
"her meagre allowance of food or drink"
- Such a sum or portion granted to a family member or familiar, especially one's own child; pocket money for such a person.
"She gives her daughters each an allowance of thirty dollars a month."
- Abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances.
"to make allowance for his naivety"
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