Main entry: allowance
Definition: the act of allowing
Usage: He objected to the allowance of smoking in the dining room
Main entry: margin, leeway, tolerance, allowance
Definition: a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits
Main entry: allowance, adjustment
Definition: an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances
Usage: an allowance for profit
Main entry: allowance
Definition: an amount allowed or granted (as during a given period)
Usage: travel allowance; my weekly allowance of two eggs; a child's allowance should not be too generous
Main entry: allowance
Definition: a sum granted as reimbursement for expenses
Main entry: valuation account, valuation reserve, allowance, allowance account
Definition: a reserve fund created by a charge against profits in order to provide for changes in the value of a company's assets
Main entry: allowance
Definition: put on a fixed allowance, as of food