Allowance



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• n. 津贴, 补助; 承认, 允许
• ［英］ n. amount of money, allowed or given regularly ;permission
• ［记］ allow ( 允许) +ance
• ［例］ get an allowance for your old car

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Date: 14th century
• 1.
  • a. a share or portion allotted or granted
  • b. a sum granted as a reimbursement or bounty or for expenses salary includes cost-of-living allowance; especially a sum regularly provided for personal or household expenses each child has an allowance
  • c. a fixed or available amount provide an allowance of time for recreation
  • d. a reduction from a list price or stated price a trade-in allowance
• 2. an imposed handicap (as in a horse race)
• 3. an allowed dimensional difference between mating parts of a machine
• 4. the act of allowing ; permission
• 5. a taking into account of mitigating circumstances or contingencies the plan makes no allowance for bad weather

II. transitive verb (-anced; -ancing)

• Date: 1758
• 1. archaic to put on a fixed allowance (as of food and drink)
• 2. archaic to supply in a fixed or regular quantity

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