nnoun.possessionan amount allowed or granted (as during a given period)Examples:- travel allowance
- my weekly allowance of two eggs
- a child's allowance should not be too generous
Derivationally Related Form:allowallowance
Hypernyms:part percentage portion share
Inherited Hypernyms:allowanceshareassetspossessionrelationabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:privy purse
Full Hyponyms:privy purse
nnoun.possessiona sum granted as reimbursement for expensesHypernyms:reimbursement
Inherited Hypernyms:allowancereimbursementcompensationrecompensepaymentcostoutgotransferred propertypossessionrelationabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:per diemtravel allowancetravel reimbursement
Full Hyponyms:mileageper diemtravel allowance
nnoun.possessionan amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstancesSynset:adjustment
Derivationally Related Form:adjust
Hypernyms:recompense
Inherited Hypernyms:allowancerecompensepaymentcostoutgotransferred propertypossessionrelationabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:cost-of-living allowancedeductiondepreciation allowancediscountseasonal adjustmenttare
Full Hyponyms:cost-of-living allowancedeductiondepreciation allowanceseasonal adjustmenttaretrade discount
nnoun.attributea permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limitsSynset:leeway margin tolerance
Derivationally Related Form:allow
Hypernyms:disagreement discrepancy divergence variance
Inherited Hypernyms:allowancediscrepancydifferencequalityattributeabstractionentity
nnoun.possessiona reserve fund created by a charge against profits in order to provide for changes in the value of a company's assetsSynset:allowance account valuation account valuation reserve
Hypernyms:reserve account reserve fund
Inherited Hypernyms:valuation reservereserve accountreserveaccumulationnet incomeincomefinancial gaingainsumassetspossessionrelationabstractionentity
nnoun.actthe act of allowingExamples:- He objected to the allowance of smoking in the dining room
Derivationally Related Form:allow
Hypernyms:license permission permit
Inherited Hypernyms:allowancelicenseauthorizationmanagementsocial controlgroup actionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Inherited Hypernyms:allowancelicenseauthorizationmanagementsocial controlgroup actioneventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:tolerance
Full Hyponyms:amnestyclemencycommutationleniencequarterreprievetolerance
vverb.possessionput on a fixed allowance, as of foodDerivationally Related Form:allowance
Hypernyms:allow grant
Inherited Hypernyms:allowanceallowgivetransfer
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody something