Allowance

Approval; approbation.

The act of allowing, granting, conceding, or admitting; authorization; permission; sanction; tolerance.

Acknowledgment.

License; indulgence.

That which is allowed; a share or portion allotted or granted; a sum granted as a reimbursement, a bounty, or as appropriate for any purpose; a stated quantity, as of food or drink; hence, a limited quantity of meat and drink, when provisions fall short.

Abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances; as, to make allowance for the inexperience of youth.

A customary deduction from the gross weight of goods, different in different countries, such as tare and tret.

To put upon a fixed allowance (esp. of provisions and drink); to supply in a fixed and limited quantity; as, the captain was obliged to allowance his crew; our provisions were allowanced.

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"

a reserve fund created by a charge against profits in order to provide for changes in the value of a company's assets

a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits