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nounan amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances
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nouna reserve fund created by a charge against profits in order to provide for changes in the value of a company's assetstype of:
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nouna permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limitstype of:
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nounan amount allowed or granted (as during a given period)type of:
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nouna sum granted as reimbursement for expensestype of:
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verbput on a fixed allowance, as of food
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nounthe act of allowingtype of:
Examples of allowance
- "an allowance for profit"
- "travel allowance"
- "my weekly allowance of two eggs"
- "a child's allowance should not be too generous"
- "He objected to the allowance of smoking in the dining room"