allowance

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allowance /əˈlawəns/ noun

plural allowances

allowance

/əˈlawəns/

noun

plural allowances

Learner's definition of ALLOWANCE

[count]

a : an amount of money that is given to someone regularly or for a specific purpose津贴；补贴；补助

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。

[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

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

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。

[noncount] formal : the act of allowing something允许；接受；认可