allowance

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)Permission; granting, conceding, or admitting.

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

   “The colossal stupidity of the one-party strategy has had three disastrous effects: the nurturance of right-wing Republican homophobes, the weakening and silencing of pro-gay, progressive Republicans, and the allowance of lacklustrer^([sic]), liberal Democrats to exploit us at their will and ignore us at their convenience.”

2. (countable, uncountable)Acknowledgment.

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

3. (countable, uncountable)An amount, portion, or share that is allotted or granted; a sum granted as a reimbursement, a bounty, or as appropriate for any purpose.

   “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.”

4. (countable, uncountable)An amount, portion, or share that is allotted or granted; a sum granted as a reimbursement, a bounty, or as appropriate for any purpose.

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

   “Some persons averred that Sir Pitt Crawley gave his brother a handsome allowance.”

5. (countable, uncountable)Abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances.

   “to make allowance for his naivety”

   “After making the largest allowance for fraud.”

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

   “Minus the allowance, the total came to thirteen tons.”

7. (countable, uncountable)A permitted reduction in the weight that a racehorse must carry.

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

8. (countable, uncountable)A permissible deviation in the fineness and weight of coins, owing to the difficulty in securing exact conformity to the standard prescribed by law.
9. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Approval; approbation.

   “[…]gave allowance where he needed none”

10. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)License; indulgence.

    “this Allowance for their Transgressions”

11. (countable, uncountable)A planned deviation between an exact dimension and a nominal or theoretical dimension.

verb

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

   “The captain was obliged to allowance his crew.”

2. (transitive)To supply in a fixed and limited quantity.

   “Our provisions were allowanced.”