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Another word for allowance

allowance Synonyms

allowance

n.

Portion
quantity, quota, ration; see share.
A periodic gratuity
stipend, salary, wage, commission, fee, recompense, hire, quarterage, pittance, remittance, gift, grant, travel grant, pension, alimony, annuity, stated maintenance, settled rate, endowment, scholarship, fellowship, prize, bounty, interest, subsidy, honorarium, pay, viaticum, stint, bequest, legacy, inheritance, grant for support, contribution, aid, subvention, pocket money, dole*, handout*, pin money*.
Discount
reduction, deduction, cut, adjustment; see discount.

make allowances (for)

weigh, excuse, rationalize; see allow for, consider 1, justify 2.

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Another word for allowance

noun

The approving of an action, especially when done by one in authority:
approbation, approval, authorization, consent, endorsement, leave², license, permission, permit, sanction. (Informal) OK. See allow
That which is allotted:
allocation, allotment, dole, lot, measure, part, portion, quantum, quota, ration, share, split. (Informal) cut. (Slang) divvy. See collect
An accommodation made in the light of special or extenuating circumstances:
concession. See agree

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We agreed on an allowance figure and she began working in earnest.
In June 1720 he went up to Christ Church, Oxford, with an annual allowance of £40 as a Charterhouse scholar.
Windows have a chilling effect on a room, and in calculations extra allowance should be made for window areas.
Berg took the opportunity to ask, with great politeness, whether, as was rumored, the allowance of forage money to captains of companies would be doubled.
But when due allowance is made for 4 See Ewald on Jer.

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