allowance

paga, mesada

Dinero que los padres dan regularmente a un hijo para pequeños gastos personales.

En inglés sencillo: 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?

Sinónimos: pocket money

Expresiones frecuentes: weekly allowance, get an allowance, spend your allowance

asignación, subsidio

Cantidad de dinero, comida u otra cosa que alguien recibe o tiene permiso para usar.

En inglés sencillo: 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?

Cómo se usa: an allowance of something (Each passenger has an allowance of two bags.)

Sinónimos: allocation, allotment

Expresiones frecuentes: daily allowance, travel allowance, allowance of something

consideración, concesión

Ajuste o concesión que se hace para tener en cuenta ciertas dificultades o circunstancias.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Cómo se usa: make allowance for someone/something (We should make allowance for her lack of experience.)

Sinónimos: adjustment, concession

Expresiones frecuentes: make allowance for, some allowance for

crédito, asignación

Cantidad de crédito o fichas que se da a alguien para gastar en una actividad concreta.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Cómo se usa: an allowance of something (Each player receives an allowance of ten tokens.)

Sinónimos: allocation, allotment

Expresiones frecuentes: allowance of tokens, game allowance, use your allowance

descuento de peso, tara

Cantidad que se resta del peso total de una mercancía, por ejemplo para excluir el embalaje.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Cómo se usa: an allowance for something (The final weight includes an allowance for the crates.)

Sinónimos: deduction

Expresiones frecuentes: weight allowance, container allowance, allowance for packaging

racionar

Dar a alguien únicamente una cantidad fija de comida o bebida.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Sinónimos: ration

Expresiones frecuentes: allowance the crew, allowance someone strictly

racionar

Proporcionar comida, bebida u otros suministros en cantidades fijas y limitadas.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Sinónimos: ration

Expresiones frecuentes: allowance the water, allowance food strictly