| 释义 |
allowment ? Obs.|əˈlaʊmənt|
[f. allow + -ment; or perh. a. Fr. *allouement.]
The action of allowing or sanctioning; sanction, approval.
1579Tomson Calvin's Serm. Tim. 96/2 Bicause God would vse this man in great matters, he gaue a greater allowment of him, then he did of others. Ibid. 483/1 The kynde of allowement which all they must haue, that are set in any publique office. |