allowance

B1 Topic:Personal Finance

US /əˈlaʊəns/ See IPA manual

Freq #8872

Meanings

1

noun
An amount of money given regularly for a particular purpose.

We were given a travel allowance to cover our expenses.
2

noun
An amount of something that is permitted.

The baggage allowance on this flight is twenty kilograms.
3

noun
Consideration given to special or difficult circumstances.

You should make allowance for his lack of experience.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · an amount of money given... stipend

Word family

Forms allowances

Derived forms disallowancemisallowance

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Phrases (1)

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depreciation allowance
an amount recognized for the reduction in an asset's value over time

Noun + noun

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Latin laus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin laudō Latin allaudō Old French aloer ▲ Latin ad- Latin locus ▲ Latin -ō Latin locō Latin allocō Old French aloer Old French alouer Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -iader. Old French -ance Old French alouancebor. Middle English allouance English allowance From Middle English allouance, from Old French alouance. Morph…

allouance Middle English alouance Old French

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Topics

Personal Finance Money & Finance

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# allowance

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /əˈlaʊəns/
**Frequency rank:** 8872

## Meanings
1. An amount of money given regularly for a particular purpose.
2. An amount of something that is permitted.
3. Consideration given to special or difficult circumstances.

## Examples
- We were given a travel allowance to cover our expenses.
- The baggage allowance on this flight is twenty kilograms.
- You should make allowance for his lack of experience.

## Derived Forms
- disallowance
- misallowance

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: allouance
- Root: alouance

## Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Latin laus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin laudō Latin allaudō Old French aloer ▲ Latin ad- Latin locus ▲ Latin -ō Latin locō Latin allocō Old French aloer Old French alouer Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -iader. Old French -ance Old French alouancebor. Middle English allouance English allowance From Middle English allouance, from Old French alouance. Morph…

## Topics
- Personal Finance
- Money & Finance

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