Definition of allowance

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Allowance (n.) A customary deduction from the gross weight of goods, different in different countries, such as tare and tret..

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Size :: Size (n.) A settled quantity or allowance. See Assize.
Demurrage :: Demurrage (n.) The allowance made to the master or owner of the ship for such delay or detention.
Neat :: Neat (a.) With all deductions or allowances made; net. [In this sense usually written net. See Net, a., 3.].
Readmittance :: Readmittance (n.) Allowance to enter again; a second admission.
Feed :: Feed (n.) An allowance of provender given to a horse, cow, etc.; a meal; as, a feed of corn or oats..
Clough :: Clough (n.) An allowance in weighing. See Cloff.
Allocatur :: Allocatur (n.) Allowed. The word allocatur expresses the allowance of a proceeding, writ, order, etc., by a court, judge, or judicial officer..
Scant :: Scant (superl.) Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; less than is wanted for the purpose; scanty; meager; not enough; as, a scant allowance of provisions or water; a scant pattern of cloth for a garment..
Percentage :: Percentage (n.) A certain rate per cent; the allowance, duty, rate of interest, discount, or commission, on a hundred..
Draught :: Draught (n.) An allowance on weighable goods. [Eng.] See Draft, 4..
Allowance :: Allowance (n.) The act of allowing, granting, conceding, or admitting; authorization; permission; sanction; tolerance..
Breakage :: Breakage (n.) An allowance or compensation for things broken accidentally, as in transportation or use..
Disallowance :: Disallowance (n.) The act of disallowing; refusal to admit or permit; rejection.
Grant :: Grant (v. t.) The act of granting; a bestowing or conferring; concession; allowance; permission.
Warrant :: Warrant (n.) Right; legality; allowance.
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.) Acknowledgment.
Discount :: Discount (v. t.) A counting off or deduction made from a gross sum on any account whatever; an allowance upon an account, debt, demand, price asked, and the like; something taken or deducted..
Tare :: Tare (n.) Deficientcy in the weight or quantity of goods by reason of the weight of the cask, bag, or whatever contains the commodity, and is weighed with it; hence, the allowance or abatement of a certain weight or quantity which the seller makes to the buyer on account of the weight of such cask, bag, etc..
Admittance :: Admittance (n.) Concession; admission; allowance; as, the admittance of an argument..
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