allowance

Permission; granting, conceding, or admitting.countableuncountable

• you sent a large commission to Gregory de Cassado, to conclude, without the King's will or the state's allowance

Acknowledgment.countableuncountable

• The censure of the which one must in your allowance overweigh a whole theater of others.

An amount, portion, or share that is allotted or granted; a sum granted as a reimbursement, a bounty, or as appropriate for any purpose.countableuncountable

• her meagre allowance of food or drink
• Being a volunteer is unpaid, but we get accommodation and a living allowance of 100 euros a week.

An amount, portion, or share that is allotted or granted; a sum granted as a reimbursement, a bounty, or as appropriate for any purpose.; Such a sum or portion granted to a family member or familiar, especially one's own child; pocket money for such a person.countableuncountable

• She gives her daughters each an allowance of thirty dollars a month.

Abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances.countableuncountable

• to make allowance for his naivety

A deduction from the gross weight of goods, such as to discount their container's weight or per a custom differing by country.countableuncountable

• Minus the allowance, the total came to thirteen tons.

A permitted reduction in the weight that a racehorse must carry.countableuncountable

• On the Flat, an apprentice jockey starts with an allowance of 7 lb.

A permissible deviation in the fineness and weight of coins, owing to the difficulty in securing exact conformity to the standard prescribed by law.countableuncountable

Approval; approbation.countableobsoleteuncountable

• […]gave allowance where he needed none

License; indulgence.countableobsoleteuncountable

• this Allowance for their Transgressions

To put upon a fixed allowance (especially of provisions and drink).transitive

• The captain was obliged to allowance his crew.

To supply in a fixed and limited quantity.transitive

• Our provisions were allowanced.