Dictionary definition · allowance
noun
- an amount allowed or granted (as during a given period)"travel allowance"
- a sum granted as reimbursement for expenses
- an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances"an allowance for profit"
- a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits
- a reserve fund created by a charge against profits in order to provide for changes in the value of a company's assets
- the act of allowing"He objected to the allowance of smoking in the dining room"
verb
- put on a fixed allowance, as of food
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).