Overview of noun allowance

The noun allowance has 6 senses

• allowance -- (an amount allowed or granted (as during a given period); "travel allowance"; "my weekly allowance of two eggs"; "a child's allowance should not be too generous")


• allowance -- (a sum granted as reimbursement for expenses)


• allowance, adjustment -- (an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances; "an allowance for profit")


• allowance, leeway, margin, tolerance -- (a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits)


• valuation reserve, valuation account, allowance, allowance account -- (a reserve fund created by a charge against profits in order to provide for changes in the value of a company's assets)


• allowance -- (the act of allowing; "He objected to the allowance of smoking in the dining room")

Overview of verb allowance

The verb allowance has 1 sense

• allowance -- (put on a fixed allowance, as of food)