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Noun allowance has 6 senses

allowance - an amount allowed or granted (as during a given period); "travel allowance"; "my weekly allowance of two eggs"; "a child's allowance should not be too generous"
--₁ is a kind of share, portion, part, percentage
--₁ has particulars: privy purse
Derived forms: verb allowance₁, verb allow₄
allowance - a sum granted as reimbursement for expenses
--₂ is a kind of reimbursement
--₂ has particulars: travel allowance
allowance, adjustment - an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances; "an allowance for profit"
--₃ is a kind of recompense
--₃ has particulars:
cost-of-living allowance; depreciation allowance; deduction, discount; seasonal adjustment
allowance, leeway, margin, tolerance - a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits
--₄ is a kind of discrepancy, disagreement, divergence, variance

Derived form: verb allow₁₀
valuation reserve, valuation account, allowance, allowance account - a reserve fund created by a charge against profits in order to provide for changes in the value of a company's assets
--₅ is a kind of reserve account, reserve fund
allowance - the act of allowing; "He objected to the allowance of smoking in the diningroom"
--₆ is a kind of license, permission, permit
--₆ has particulars: tolerance
Derived form: verb allow₁₀

Verb allowance has 1 sense

allowance - put on a fixed allowance, as of food
--₁ is one way to allow, grant

Derived form: noun allowance₁
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