allowance

Money given regularly to a child by a parent for small personal purchases.

• I get an allowance every week.
• She saved her allowance to buy a bike.
• Do your parents give you an allowance?

Similar words: pocket money

Common phrases: weekly allowance, get an allowance, spend your allowance

An amount of money, food, or something else that someone is given or allowed to use.

• She receives a monthly allowance.
• The workers spent their food allowance on lunch.
• Does the job include a travel allowance?

How to use it: an allowance of something (Each passenger has an allowance of two bags.)

Similar words: allocation, allotment

Common phrases: daily allowance, travel allowance, allowance of something

An adjustment made because particular difficulties or circumstances should be considered.

• Make allowance for his age.
• The judge made allowances for her difficult childhood.
• They made no allowance for the delay.

How to use it: make allowance for someone/something (We should make allowance for her lack of experience.)

Similar words: adjustment, concession

Common phrases: make allowance for, some allowance for

An amount of credit or tokens given to someone to spend on a particular activity.

• My game allowance buys five extra turns.
• He used his allowance of coins before lunch.
• Your remaining allowance covers one more game.

How to use it: an allowance of something (Each player receives an allowance of ten tokens.)

Similar words: allocation, allotment

Common phrases: allowance of tokens, game allowance, use your allowance

An amount subtracted from the total weight of goods, for example to exclude their packaging.

• Subtract the allowance from the total weight.
• The allowance accounts for the heavy wooden boxes.
• Different ports used different allowances for packaging.

How to use it: an allowance for something (The final weight includes an allowance for the crates.)

Similar words: deduction

Common phrases: weight allowance, container allowance, allowance for packaging

To give someone only a fixed amount of food or drink.

• The captain had to allowance the crew.
• The sailors were allowanced during the long voyage.
• They allowanced each prisoner to conserve food.

Similar words: ration

Common phrases: allowance the crew, allowance someone strictly

To provide food, drink, or other supplies in fixed, limited amounts.

• They had to allowance the water.
• Bread was allowanced while supplies were low.
• The officers allowanced provisions throughout the voyage.

Similar words: ration

Common phrases: allowance the water, allowance food strictly