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Allowance
Allowance
n.
Approval
;
approbation
.
Allowance
n.
The
act
of
allowing
,
granting
,
conceding
, or
admitting
;
authorization
;
permission
;
sanction
;
tolerance
.
Allowance
n.
Acknowledgment
.
Allowance
n.
License
;
indulgence
.
Allowance
n.
That
which
is
allowed
; a
share
or
portion
allotted
or
granted
; a
sum
granted
as a
reimbursement
, a
bounty
, or as
appropriate
for
any
purpose
; a
stated
quantity
, as of
food
or
drink
;
hence
, a
limited
quantity
of
meat
and
drink
,
when
provisions
fall
short
.
Allowance
n.
Abatement
;
deduction
;
the
taking
into
account
of
mitigating
circumstances
; as, to
make
allowance
for
the
inexperience
of
youth
.
Allowance
n.
A
customary
deduction
from
the
gross
weight
of
goods
,
different
in
different
countries
,
such
as
tare
and
tret
.
Allowance
n.
To
put
upon
a
fixed
allowance
(
esp
. of
provisions
and
drink
); to
supply
in a
fixed
and
limited
quantity
; as,
the
captain
was
obliged
to
allowance
his
crew
;
our
provisions
were
allowanced
.
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