allowance

Meanings

Noun

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

Verb

• put on a fixed allowance, as of food

Synonyms

adjustment, allowance account, leeway, margin, tolerance, valuation account, valuation reserve