allowance

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the act of allowing

   We objected to the allowance of smoking in the dining room.

2. 2
   noun

   an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances

   an allowance for profit

3. 3
   noun

   an amount allowed or granted, as during a given period

   We were given a travel allowance to cover our expenses each year.

4. 4
   verb

   to put on a fixed allowance, as of food

   We allowanced the children.

5. 5
   noun

   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

6. 6
   noun

   Acknowledgment.

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

7. 7
   noun

   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

8. 8
   noun

   Abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances.

   to make allowance for his naivety

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…