Definitions for the word "allowance" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. n.
Approval; approbation.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
The act of allowing, granting, conceding, or admitting; authorization; permission; sanction; tolerance.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
Acknowledgment.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
License; indulgence.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
That which is allowed; a share or portion allotted or granted; a sum granted as a reimbursement, a bounty, or as appropriate for any purpose; a stated quantity, as of food or drink; hence, a limited quantity of meat and drink, when provisions fall short.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
Abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances; as, to make allowance for the inexperience of youth.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
A customary deduction from the gross weight of goods, different in different countries, such as tare and tret.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. n.
To put upon a fixed allowance (esp. of provisions and drink); to supply in a fixed and limited quantity; as, the captain was obliged to allowance his crew; our provisions were allowanced.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. n.
1 amount or sum allowed, esp. Regularly for a stated purpose. 2 amount allowed in reckoning. 3 deduction or discount. make allowances (often foll. By for) 1 consider (mitigating circumstances). 2 make excuses for (a person, bad behaviour, etc.).
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
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