Definition of allowance

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Allowance (n.) Abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances; as, to make allowance for the inexperience of youth..

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Mileage :: Mileage (n.) An allowance for traveling expenses at a certain rate per mile.
Tret :: Tret (n.) An allowance to purchasers, for waste or refuse matter, of four pounds on every 104 pounds of suttle weight, or weight after the tare deducted..
Neat :: Neat (a.) With all deductions or allowances made; net. [In this sense usually written net. See Net, a., 3.].
Portionist :: Portionist (n.) A scholar at Merton College, Oxford, who has a certain academical allowance or portion; -- corrupted into postmaster..
Toleration :: Toleration (n.) Specifically, the allowance of religious opinions and modes of worship in a state when contrary to, or different from, those of the established church or belief..
Quarterage :: Quarterage (n.) A quarterly allowance.
Pittance :: Pittance (n.) A meager portion, quantity, or allowance; an inconsiderable salary or compensation..
Outfit :: Outfit (n.) A fitting out, or equipment, as of a ship for a voyage, or of a person for an expedition in an unoccupied region or residence in a foreign land; things required for equipment; the expense of, or allowance made for, equipment, as by the government of the United States to a diplomatic agent going abroad..
Solatium :: Solatium (n.) Anything which alleviates or compensates for suffering or loss; a compensation; esp., an additional allowance, as for injured feelings..
Bouch :: Bouch (n.) An allowance of meat and drink for the tables of inferior officers or servants in a nobleman's palace or at court.
Allowance :: Allowance (n.) Abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances; as, to make allowance for the inexperience of youth..
Breakage :: Breakage (n.) An allowance or compensation for things broken accidentally, as in transportation or use..
Allowance :: Allowance (n.) A customary deduction from the gross weight of goods, different in different countries, such as tare and tret..
Discount :: Discount (v. t.) A counting off or deduction made from a gross sum on any account whatever; an allowance upon an account, debt, demand, price asked, and the like; something taken or deducted..
Dispart :: Dispart (v. t.) To make allowance for the dispart in (a gun), when taking aim..
Discount :: Discount (v.) To lend money upon, deducting the discount or allowance for interest; as, the banks discount notes and bills of exchange..
Leave :: Leave (n.) Liberty granted by which restraint or illegality is removed; permission; allowance; license.
Allotment :: Allotment (n.) The allowance of a specific amount of scrip or of a particular thing to a particular person.
Allocatur :: Allocatur (n.) Allowed. The word allocatur expresses the allowance of a proceeding, writ, order, etc., by a court, judge, or judicial officer..
Rate :: Rate (n.) Established portion or measure; fixed allowance.
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