Thesaurus: allowance

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1. n. Approval; approbation.
2. n. The act of allowing, granting, conceding, or admitting; authorization; permission; sanction; tolerance.
3. n. Acknowledgment.
4. n. License; indulgence.
5. 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.
6. n. Abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances; as, to make allowance for the inexperience of youth.
7. n. A customary deduction from the gross weight of goods, different in different countries, such as tare and tret.
8. n. To put upon a fixed allowance (esp. of provisions and drink); to supply in a fixed and limited quantity; as, the captain was obliged to allowance his crew; our provisions were allowanced.
9. n. an amount allowed or granted (as during a given period)
10. n. a sum granted as reimbursement for expenses
11. n. an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances
12. n. a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits