late 14c., "praise" (a sense now obsolete), from Old French aloance "allowance, granting, allocation," from alouer (see allow). Sense of "a sum alloted to meet expenses" [..]

Money for the completion of certain repairs or improvements to a home or to a transferring employee for expenses incurred during a move. See Cost-of-Living Allowance or Goods and Services Differ [..]

An amount set aside, usually time or money. Editor's Note: There are different types of allowances, e.g. Contingency Allowance, Scope Allowance or Contingency Reserve [D02371]

an amount allowed or granted (as during a given period); "travel allowance"; "my weekly allowance of two eggs"; "a child's [..]

the portion of a golfers playing handicap used to calculate net competition scores. For example, the Course Handicaps of teammates in a Four-Ball might be adjusted by an allowance of 90% (men) or 95% [..]

 approval.

Definitions (3) 1. A sum set aside for an occurrence that may or may not come to pass. For example, funds earmarked for expenses associated with potential bad weather.

1 : an allotted share: as a : a sum granted as a reimbursement or payment for expenses [an to support the deceased's family] [deduction for a moving ] b : a sum granted as a reduction or increase [..]

In a foundry, the clearance specified; difference in limiting sizes, as minimum clearance or maximum interference between mating parts, as computed arithmetically.

an amount of money parents give kids to help them learn to manage money. The amount is usually given weekly. Sometimes an allowance is tied to completing responsibilities – household chore [..]

A sum of money paid regularly to a person, often by a parent to a child; sometimes paid in compensation for services rendered.

The prescribed difference in dimensions of mating parts to provide a certain class of fit.

The difference between gross revenue from services rendered and amounts received (or to be received) from patients or third-party payers. Allowances are to be distinguished from uncollectible accounts [..]

(n) an amount allowed or granted (as during a given period)(n) a sum granted as reimbursement for expenses(n) an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances(n) a permissible diff [..]

An intentional clearance between internal or external thread and the design form of the thread when the thread form is on it's maximum metal condition. Not all classes of fit have an allowance. F [..]

A sum of money set aside in the construction contract for items, which have not been selected and specified in the construction contract. For example, selection of tile as a flooring may require an al [..]

The amount of minutes, messaging or data included in your plan each month.

n. subsidio, asignación; descuento, deducción, reducción

There are several different paid allowances available to teachers in particular positions. If you see an acronym in an ad with "A" at the end, chances are they are referring to an allowance. Allowances commonly referred to in advertisements include MITA (Māori Immersion Teachers' Allowance), PTSA (Priority Teacher Supply Allowance), [..]

A sum granted as a reimbursement or repayment; a deduction from the gross weight or value of goods.

The amount of pollution a source is allowed to discharge during a given period of time.

approval

, sb. permission. ‘There’s no allowance for people in here.’

1. Approval; approbation. 2. The act of allowing, granting, conceding, or admitting; authorisation; permission; sanction; tolerance. "Without the king's will or the state's allowance." (Shak) 3. Acknowledgment. "The censure of the which one must in your allowance o'erweigh a whole theater of others." (Shak) 4. Lic [..]

The authority delegated to organizational units to incur obligations within a specified amount in accordance with an allotment of funds (USAID Automated Directives System - ADS - Chapter 634).

The act of allowing, granting, conceding, or admitting; authorization; permission; sanction; tolerance. * Without the king's will or the state's allowance. -- Acknowledgment. * The censure of th [..]