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allowance
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural allowances
plural allowances
Learner's definition of ALLOWANCE
1
[count]
a : an amount of money that is given to someone regularly or for a specific purpose津贴；补贴；补助
- a monthly allowance for household expenses家庭日常开销的每月补贴
- a clothing allowance服装补助费
b chiefly US : a small amount of money that is regularly given to children by their parents（父母给孩子的）零花钱
- Each of their children gets a weekly allowance of five dollars.他们的孩子每人每周有五美元的零花钱。
2
[count]
a : an amount of something (such as time) that is allowed or available限额；定量
- The schedule provides a generous allowance of time for sightseeing. [=provides a generous amount of time for sightseeing]这个日程安排提供了充裕的观光时间。
b : an amount that is regarded as acceptable or desirable可摄入量
- the recommended daily allowance of vitamin C维生素C的每日建议摄取量
c : an amount that is subtracted from the price of something折价；折扣
- When we bought our new car we got a trade-in allowance of $2,000 on our old car. [=the price of our new car was reduced by $2,000 because we traded in our old car]买新车时我们享受了2000美元以旧换新的折价。
d British : an amount of your earnings that you do not have to pay taxes on免税额
- the tax allowance for married couples已婚夫妇的免税额
3
a [noncount] : the act of thinking about or including something when you make a plan, calculation, etc.考虑
- When you're comparing costs from different decades, you need to make allowance for inflation. [=you need to allow for inflation]在比较不同年代的开销时，你要把通货膨胀考虑进去。
- His theory makes no allowance for [=does not allow for] the possibility that the disease may be genetic.他的理论没把那种病可能具有遗传性考虑在内。
b : the act of regarding bad behavior or a mistake as less serious or bad because of some special situation or condition体谅；原谅
[noncount]
- She performed poorly, but we should make some allowance for her inexperience. = Some allowance should be made for her inexperience. [=because she is inexperienced, we should not blame her too much for performing poorly]她演得不好，不过我们应该体谅她缺少经验。
[count]
- They performed poorly, but allowances should be made for their inexperience.他们演得不好，但应该体谅他们没有经验。
4
[noncount] formal : the act of allowing something允许；接受；认可
- The lawyer protested the judge's allowance of the evidence.律师抗议法官接受那个证据。
al·low·ance ə-ˈlau̇-ən(t)s 
allowanced; allowancing
Example Sentences
Noun a monthly allowance for household expenses Each of their children gets a weekly allowance of five dollars. the recommended daily allowance of vitamin C the tax allowance for married couples They performed poorly, but allowances should be made for their inexperience.
Recent Examples on the Web
R.j. Rico, al, 20 Aug. 2022 But since then rent prices have exploded to $2,118 per month in July, while a senior airman’s housing allowance is currently $1,647. R.j. Rico, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Aug. 2022 That was the highest per-yardage allowance by the defense since 2014 with the exception of the 2018 crater (4.52). Nathan Baird, cleveland, 23 July 2022 Will the allowance be provided upfront or on a reimbursement basis? Rebecca Edwards, Forbes, 15 July 2022 The new system will fund special education students based on the foundation allowance, plus 28% of their special education costs. Lily Altavena, Detroit Free Press, 1 July 2022 Jordan was referring to a judge’s order, during the dispute over Leland Stanford, Sr.,’s estate, that the university pay its employees’ salaries from the same allowance reserved for household staff. Maia Silber, The New Yorker, 30 May 2022 The performance will not go down as a record, though, as it was helped by a 3.2 mph wind, just over the maximum wind allowance of 2.0 mph. oregonlive, 21 May 2022 This book gives you the allowance to celebrate you. Ysolt Usigan, Woman's Day, 9 May 2022 See More
Noun
But since then rent prices have exploded to $2,118 per month on average in July, while a senior airman’s housing allowance is currently $1,647. R.j. Rico, al, 20 Aug. 2022 But since then rent prices have exploded to $2,118 per month in July, while a senior airman’s housing allowance is currently $1,647. R.j. Rico, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Aug. 2022 That was the highest per-yardage allowance by the defense since 2014 with the exception of the 2018 crater (4.52). Nathan Baird, cleveland, 23 July 2022 Will the allowance be provided upfront or on a reimbursement basis? Rebecca Edwards, Forbes, 15 July 2022 The new system will fund special education students based on the foundation allowance, plus 28% of their special education costs. Lily Altavena, Detroit Free Press, 1 July 2022 Jordan was referring to a judge’s order, during the dispute over Leland Stanford, Sr.,’s estate, that the university pay its employees’ salaries from the same allowance reserved for household staff. Maia Silber, The New Yorker, 30 May 2022 The performance will not go down as a record, though, as it was helped by a 3.2 mph wind, just over the maximum wind allowance of 2.0 mph. oregonlive, 21 May 2022 This book gives you the allowance to celebrate you. Ysolt Usigan, Woman's Day, 9 May 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English allowaunce, allouance "commendation, confirmation (of a privilege), allocation of funds," borrowed from Anglo-French alouance, allowance "admission as legally valid, allocation, payment," from aluer, aloer "to place, allot, accept as legally valid" + -ance -ance — more at allow
Verb
derivative of allowance entry 1
First Known Use
Noun
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1c
Verb
1758, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Time Traveler
The first known use of allowance was in the 14th century Phrases Containing allowance
noun¹
noun²
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