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Leakage :: Leakage (n.) An allowance of a certain rate per cent for the leaking of casks, or waste of liquors by leaking..

Pittance :: Pittance (n.) A meager portion, quantity, or allowance; an inconsiderable salary or compensation..

Disallowance :: Disallowance (n.) The act of disallowing; refusal to admit or permit; rejection.

Allowance :: Allowance (n.) License; indulgence.

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

Annuity :: Annuity (n.) A sum of money, payable yearly, to continue for a given number of years, for life, or forever; an annual allowance..

Estovers :: Estovers (n. pl.) Necessaries or supples; an allowance to a person out of an estate or other thing for support; as of wood to a tenant for life, etc., of sustenance to a man confined for felony of his estate, or alimony to a woman divorced out of her husband's estate..

Exhibition :: Exhibition (n.) Sustenance; maintenance; allowance, esp. for meat and drink; pension. Specifically: (Eng. Univ.) Private benefaction for the maintenance of scholars..

Skimp :: Skimp (v. t.) To make insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp.

Draff :: Draff (n.) An allowance or deduction made from the gross veight of goods.

Tommy :: Tommy (n.) Bread, -- generally a penny roll; the supply of food carried by workmen as their daily allowance..

Allowance :: Allowance (n.) Approval; approbation.

Tare :: Tare (n.) Deficientcy in the weight or quantity of goods by reason of the weight of the cask, bag, or whatever contains the commodity, and is weighed with it; hence, the allowance or abatement of a certain weight or quantity which the seller makes to the buyer on account of the weight of such cask, bag, etc..

Firebote :: Firebote (n.) An allowance of fuel. See Bote.

Scant :: Scant (superl.) Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; less than is wanted for the purpose; scanty; meager; not enough; as, a scant allowance of provisions or water; a scant pattern of cloth for a garment..

Ration :: Ration (n.) Hence, a certain portion or fixed amount dealt out; an allowance; an allotment..

Livery :: Livery (n.) An allowance of food statedly given out; a ration, as to a family, to servants, to horses, etc..

Exhibitioner :: Exhibitioner (n.) One who has a pension or allowance granted for support.

Pension :: Pension (n.) A stated allowance to a person in consideration of past services; payment made to one retired from service, on account of age, disability, or other cause; especially, a regular stipend paid by a government to retired public officers, disabled soldiers, the families of soldiers killed in service, or to meritorious authors, or the like..

Allowance :: Allowance (n.) Acknowledgment.

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