allowance

noun · verbB2

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

allowancesallowaunce

1.
(countable, uncountable)Permission; granting, conceding, or admitting.
Đồng nghĩa: authorization, permission, sanction, tolerance, allowance, authority, authorization, clearance, consent, leave, license, mandate, permission, permit, warrant
2.
(countable, uncountable)Acknowledgment.
3.
(countable, uncountable)An amount, portion, or share that is allotted or granted; a sum granted as a reimbursement, a bounty, or as appropriate for any purpose.
her meagre allowance of food or drink
Being a volunteer is unpaid, but we get accommodation and a living allowance of 100 euros a week.
Đồng nghĩa: stipend
4.
(countable, uncountable)Abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances.
to make allowance for his naivety
5.
(countable, uncountable)(commerce) A deduction from the gross weight of goods, such as to discount their container's weight or per a custom differing by country.
Minus the allowance, the total came to thirteen tons.
6.
(countable, uncountable)(horse racing) A permitted reduction in the weight that a racehorse must carry.
On the Flat, an apprentice jockey starts with an allowance of 7 lb.
7.
(countable, uncountable)(minting) A permissible deviation in the fineness and weight of coins, owing to the difficulty in securing exact conformity to the standard prescribed by law.
Đồng nghĩa: remedy, tolerance
8.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Approval; approbation.
Đồng nghĩa: accedence, consent, sanction, accedence, allowance, approbation, approval, assent, assentment, authorization, consent, sanction
9.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)License; indulgence.
10.
(countable, uncountable)(engineering) A planned deviation between an exact dimension and a nominal or theoretical dimension.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

allowances

V_ing/Gerund

allowancing

V_ed/pp

allowancedallowaunce

1.
(transitive)To put upon a fixed allowance (especially of provisions and drink).
The captain was obliged to allowance his crew.
2.
(transitive)To supply in a fixed and limited quantity.
Our provisions were allowanced.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

authorizationpermission sanction tolerance authorityclearanceconsentleave license mandate permit warrant stipend remedyaccedenceapprobation approval assentassentment

Trái nghĩa

penalty

Cùng gốc / liên quan

misallowanceattendance allowancecost-of-living disallowancedepreciation allowancedisallowanceemission allowancefamily allowancefield allowanceJobseeker's Allowancemonkey's allowancepersonal allowanceseam allowanceseparation allowancetravel allowance

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Nguồn gốc từ

allow From Middle English allouance, from Old French alouance. Morphologically allow + -ance.