allowance
Từ điển Collocation
allowance noun
1 amount of sth that you are allowed
ADJ. baggage, holiday
VERB + ALLOWANCE be entitled to, get, have I get four weeks' holiday allowance a year.
2 amount of money sb receives regularly
ADJ. generous, large | meagre, small | annual, daily, monthly, weekly | child, disability, family, housing, living, travel
VERB + ALLOWANCE be entitled to You may be entitled to a housing allowance if you are in a low-paid job. | get, receive | give sb, grant The company gives me a travel allowance.
PREP. ~ for The weekly allowance for each child is £15.
Từ điển WordNet
n.
- 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 sum granted as reimbursement for expenses
- an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances; adjustment
an allowance for profit
- a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits; leeway, margin, tolerance
- a reserve fund created by a charge against profits in order to provide for changes in the value of a company's assets; valuation reserve, valuation account, allowance account
- the act of allowing
He objected to the allowance of smoking in the dining room
v.
- put on a fixed allowance, as of food
English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary
allowances
syn.: allotment budget fee grant portion ration
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