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1. allowance
noun. ['əˈlaʊəns'] an amount allowed or granted (as during a given period).
Synonyms
- percentage
- part
- share
- privy purse
Antonyms
- agreement
- unvariedness
- invariableness
- changelessness
Etymology
- alouance (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
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Rhymes with Allowance
- abeyance
- abhorrence
- absence
- abstinence
- abundance
- acceptance
- acceptance
- accordance
- acquaintance
- acquiescence
- adherence
- admittance
- adolescence
- adolescence
- adriance
- affluence
- agence
- allegiance
- alliance
- ambiance
How do you pronounce allowance?
Pronounce allowance as əˈlaʊəns.
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Sentences with allowance
1. Noun, singular or mass
But be sure to ask the airline how this will count toward your baggage allowance.
Quotes about allowance
1. The essence of true friendship is to make allowance for another's little lapses.
- David Storey
2. Everybody liked better to conjecture how the thing was, than simply to know it; for conjecture soon became more confident than knowledge, and had a more liberal allowance for the incompatible.
- George Eliot, Middlemarch
2. allowance
noun. ['əˈlaʊəns'] a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits.
Synonyms
- divergence
- discrepancy
- margin
- disagreement
- variance
- leeway
Antonyms
- tightening
- loosening
- permissive
- unpermissive
Etymology
- alouance (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
3. allowance
noun. ['əˈlaʊəns'] a sum granted as reimbursement for expenses.
Synonyms
- travel allowance
- reimbursement
- travel reimbursement
Antonyms
- inactivity
- good fortune
- bad luck
- misfortune
Etymology
- alouance (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
4. allowance
noun. ['əˈlaʊəns'] an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances.
Synonyms
- deduction
- depreciation allowance
- recompense
- discount
- adjustment
- tare
- seasonal adjustment
Antonyms
- narrow-mindedness
- intolerance
- sameness
- convergence
Etymology
- alouance (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
5. allowance
noun. ['əˈlaʊəns'] a reserve fund created by a charge against profits in order to provide for changes in the value of a company's assets.
Synonyms
- valuation reserve
- reserve account
- allowance account
- reserve fund
Antonyms
- success
- outside
- inside
- middle
Etymology
- alouance (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
6. allowance
noun. ['əˈlaʊəns'] the act of allowing.
Synonyms
- license
- tolerance
- permit
Antonyms
- increase
- nonpayment
- accept
- oblige
Etymology
- alouance (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
7. allowance
verb. ['əˈlaʊəns'] put on a fixed allowance, as of food.
Synonyms
- allow
Antonyms
- end
- misconception
Etymology
- alouance (Old French (842-ca. 1400))