allowance

  1. Noun.  The act of allowing, granting, conceding, or admitting; authorization; permission; sanction; tolerance.
  2. Noun.  Acknowledgment.
  3. Noun.  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.
  4. Noun.  Abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances; as, to make allowance for the inexperience of youth.
  5. Noun.  (context, commerce) A customary deduction from the gross weight of goods, different in different countries, such as tare and tret.
  6. Noun.  A child's allowance; pocket money.

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