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Dispart :: Dispart (v. t.) To make allowance for the dispart in (a gun), when taking aim..

Sufferance :: Sufferance (n.) Negative consent by not forbidding or hindering; toleration; permission; allowance; leave.

Allotment :: Allotment (n.) The allowance of a specific amount of scrip or of a particular thing to a particular person.

Leave :: Leave (n.) Liberty granted by which restraint or illegality is removed; permission; allowance; license.

Permittance :: Permittance (n.) The act of permitting; allowance; permission; leave.

Handicap :: Handicap (n.) An allowance of a certain amount of time or distance in starting, granted in a race to the competitor possessing inferior advantages; or an additional weight or other hindrance imposed upon the one possessing superior advantages, in order to equalize, as much as possible, the chances of success; as, the handicap was five seconds, or ten pounds, and the like..

Cloff :: Cloff (n.) Formerly an allowance of two pounds in every three hundred weight after the tare and tret are subtracted; now used only in a general sense, of small deductions from the original weight..

Genteel :: Genteel (a.) Suited to the position of lady or a gentleman; as, to live in a genteel allowance..

Allowedly :: Allowedly (adv.) By allowance; admittedly.

Aliment :: Aliment (n.) An allowance for maintenance.

Firebote :: Firebote (n.) An allowance of fuel. See Bote.

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

Commutation :: Commutation (n.) A substitution, as of a less thing for a greater, esp. a substitution of one form of payment for another, or one payment for many, or a specific sum of money for conditional payments or allowances; as, commutation of tithes; commutation of fares; commutation of copyright; commutation of rations..

Disallowance :: Disallowance (n.) The act of disallowing; refusal to admit or permit; rejection.

Solatium :: Solatium (n.) Anything which alleviates or compensates for suffering or loss; a compensation; esp., an additional allowance, as for injured feelings..

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..

Batta :: Batta (n.) Extra pay; esp. an extra allowance to an English officer serving in India.

Factorage :: Factorage (n.) The allowance given to a factor, as a compensation for his services; -- called also a commission..

Draught :: Draught (n.) An allowance on weighable goods. [Eng.] See Draft, 4..

Annuity :: Annuity (n.) A sum of money, payable yearly, to continue for a given number of years, for life, or forever; an annual allowance..

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