allowance
/əˈlaʊəns/
noun
- An amount of money given regularly, especially to a child by a parent or to an employee for expenses.
- She saved her allowance for months to buy a new bicycle.
- The company provides a travel allowance for employees who go on business trips.
- My parents give me a weekly allowance for doing chores.
- An amount or thing allowed within a set of rules or limits.
- The diet plan includes a small allowance for sweets.
- The airline allows a baggage allowance of 23 kilograms per passenger.
- Each student has a daily screen-time allowance of two hours.
- The act of accepting or tolerating something, often in a forgiving way.
- We must make allowance for his lack of experience.
- They made allowances for the bad weather and rescheduled the picnic.
- The teacher made allowance for the student's nervousness during the presentation.
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