lowance
/ˈlaʊəns/(also 'lowance) Now chiefly English regional
noun
An allowance; specifically a fixed portion of food or drink, or its equivalent in money, given in addition to wages.
Origin
Middle English; earliest use found in Statutes of the Realm. Probably partly from Anglo-Norman loance, lowance payment, reward.
- stand-offishness
- stand oil
- stand on
- stand on ceremony
- stand one's ground
- stand on me
- stand on one's dignity
- stand on one's own (two) feet
- stand (or stay) the pace
- stand (or stick) out a mile
- stand (or stick) out like a sore thumb
- stand (or turn) something on its head
- stand out
- standout
- stand out a mile
- stand out from the crowd
- stand out like a sore thumb
- stand over
- standover man
- standover merchant
- stand pat
- standpipe
- standpoint
- St Andrews
- St Andrew's cross