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allowance

/əˈlawəns/

US UK

noun

plural -ances

[count] an amount of money that is given to someone regularly or for a specific purpose

a monthly allowance for household expenses

a clothing allowance

b chiefly US :a small amount of money that is regularly given to children by their parents

Each of their children gets a weekly allowance of five dollars.

[count] an amount of something (such as time) that is allowed or available

The schedule provides a generous allowance of time for sightseeing. [=provides a generous amount of time for sightseeing]

an amount that is regarded as acceptable or desirable

the recommended daily allowance of vitamin C

an amount that is subtracted from the price of something

When we bought our new car we got a trade-in allowance of $2,000 on our old car. [=the price of our new car was reduced by $2,000 because we traded in our old car]

d Brit :an amount of your earnings that you do not have to pay taxes on

the tax allowance for married couples

[noncount] :the act of thinking about or including something when you make a plan, calculation, etc.

When you're comparing costs from different decades, you need to make allowance for inflation. [=you need to allow for inflation]

His theory makes no allowance for [=does not allow for] the possibility that the disease may be genetic.

the act of regarding bad behavior or a mistake as less serious or bad because of some special situation or condition [noncount]

She performed poorly, but we should make some allowance for her inexperience. = Some allowance should be made for her inexperience. [=because she is inexperienced, we should not blame her too much for performing poorly] [count]

They performed poorly, but allowances should be made for their inexperience.

[noncount] formal :the act of allowing something

The lawyer protested the judge's allowance of the evidence.