Synonym: allotment, budget, fee, grant, portion, ration. Similar words: chancellor, rowan, now and then, now and again, every now and then, allow, hallow, fallow. Meaning: [-əns] 
n. 1. an amount allowed or granted (as during a given period) 2. a sum granted as reimbursement for expenses 3. an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances 4. a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits 5. a reserve fund created by a charge against profits in order to provide for changes in the value of a company's assets 6. the act of allowing. v. put on a fixed allowance, as of food.
n. 1. an amount allowed or granted (as during a given period) 2. a sum granted as reimbursement for expenses 3. an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances 4. a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits 5. a reserve fund created by a charge against profits in order to provide for changes in the value of a company's assets 6. the act of allowing. v. put on a fixed allowance, as of food. 
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211. A manager with a hefty budget supplied entirely by the legislature will act much like a teenager with a hefty allowance.
212. Everyone retains a personal allowance of at least ￡12.65 per week.
213. In 1989 the board and lodging allowance varied from ￡140 to ￡230 a week depending upon the category of resident.
214. I refer to paid maternity leave, child allowance, single parent allowances etc.
215. Female speaker Children under 5 aren't eligible for mobility allowance to help the parents with transport.
216. Another form of child allowance was introduced during the first World War.
217. There was in most works an allowance for shades of feeling and meaning, and for the existence of doubt.
218. Few men could fail to shed weight at a satisfactory rate on a daily allowance of 1,500 calories.
219. For a small fee, usually a week's tuck allowance, she would duff up any victim selected.
220. In addition, the Chancellor plans to restrict the married couple's allowance to the new low rate.
221. As if water had the power of counsel, of giving allowance or giving notice against its own exploitation.
222. Instead of paying children for jobs, give an allowance that is not tied to performance.
223. If you were entitled to maternity allowance, invalid care allowance or unemployability supplement.
224. People aged over 16 and receiving higher Attendance Allowance are eligible to apply.
225. All per diems paid to business owners are wages unless the owners have receipts to cover the per diem allowance.
226. It makes no allowance for individual progression which does not follow this ordering.
227. Ben didn't want to study law, but his father bullied him into it by threatening to cut off his allowance.
228. In addition to this, there is a married couples's allowance which is usually paid to the man in the first instance.
229. A large boost to their independent solvency has been the Friday night allowance.
230. On the income tax front, both husband and wife have a personal allowance which is free of tax.
231. Her parents can give her pocket money, dinner money, clothing allowance and so on.
232. They consist of: ￡29 a day subsistence allowance to cover meals, taxis and other incidentals.
233. In both cases your gross pay will be as normal, unless you have exhausted the full sickness allowance.
234. Free bar offering wine, spirits and soft drinks. Free in-flight entertainment. 15 kilo baggage allowance.
235. Where it is necessary for any goods to be sent by post please make allowance for this in your remittance.
236. In other words the five year housing land supply should not be the Structure Plan requirement plus an allowance of 60%.
237. Companies pay corporation tax calculated on their taxable profits after allowance for interest payments and depreciation.
238. That tax-free allowance is currently $ 35 for Maricopa County legislators and $ 60 a day for the rest.
239. However, when I later discussed the matter with him,[sentencedict.com/allowance.html] he agreed and presumably was able to make due allowance.
240. You will need the same amount of lining as outer curtain fabric, less allowance for pattern matching.
More similar words: chancellor, rowan, now and then, now and again, every now and then, allow, hallow, fallow, wallow, tallow, callow, mallow, sallow, allow of, yellow, swallow, billow, shallow, fellow, follow, hollow, bellow, pillow, gallows, willow, allow in, allow for, mellow, hallowed, disallow.