Definition of allowance

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

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Breakage :: Breakage (n.) An allowance or compensation for things broken accidentally, as in transportation or use..
Salt :: Salt (n.) Fig.: That which preserves from corruption or error; that which purifies; a corrective; an antiseptic; also, an allowance or deduction; as, his statements must be taken with a grain of salt..
Allowance :: Allowance (n.) Acknowledgment.
Bote :: Bote (n.) A privilege or allowance of necessaries.
Ration :: Ration (n.) Hence, a certain portion or fixed amount dealt out; an allowance; an allotment..
Allocation :: Allocation (n.) The admission of an item in an account, or an allowance made upon an account; -- a term used in the English exchequer..
Factorage :: Factorage (n.) The allowance given to a factor, as a compensation for his services; -- called also a commission..
Allowance :: Allowance (n.) A customary deduction from the gross weight of goods, different in different countries, such as tare and tret..
Size :: Size (n.) A settled quantity or allowance. See Assize.
Allowance :: Allowance (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..
Sufferance :: Sufferance (n.) Negative consent by not forbidding or hindering; toleration; permission; allowance; leave.
Draff :: Draff (n.) An allowance or deduction made from the gross veight of goods.
Warrant :: Warrant (n.) Right; legality; allowance.
Toleration :: Toleration (n.) The act of tolerating; the allowance of that which is not wholly approved.
Exhibition :: Exhibition (n.) Sustenance; maintenance; allowance, esp. for meat and drink; pension. Specifically: (Eng. Univ.) Private benefaction for the maintenance of scholars..
Diet :: Diet (n.) A course of food selected with reference to a particular state of health; prescribed allowance of food; regimen prescribed.
Allowance :: Allowance (n.) The act of allowing, granting, conceding, or admitting; authorization; permission; sanction; tolerance..
Bouch :: Bouch (n.) An allowance of meat and drink for the tables of inferior officers or servants in a nobleman's palace or at court.
Permittance :: Permittance (n.) The act of permitting; allowance; permission; leave.
Solatium :: Solatium (n.) Anything which alleviates or compensates for suffering or loss; a compensation; esp., an additional allowance, as for injured feelings..
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