Allowance | Mean of allowance in English Dictionary

/əˈlawəns/

• Noun
• an amount of money that is given to someone regularly or for a specific purpose
1. a monthly allowance for household expenses
2. a clothing allowance
• a small amount of money that is regularly given to children by their parents
1. Each of their children gets a weekly allowance of five dollars.
• an amount of something (such as time) that is allowed or available
1. The schedule provides a generous allowance of time for sightseeing. [=provides a generous amount of time for sightseeing]

• an amount that is regarded as acceptable or desirable
1. the recommended daily allowance of vitamin C
• an amount that is subtracted from the price of something
1. When we bought our new car we got a trade-in allowance of $2,000 on our old car. [=the price of our new car was reduced by $2,000 because we traded in our old car]
• an amount of your earnings that you do not have to pay taxes on
1. the tax allowance for married couples
• the act of thinking about or including something when you make a plan, calculation, etc.
1. When you're comparing costs from different decades, you need to make allowance for inflation. [=you need to allow for inflation]
2. His theory makes no allowance for [=does not allow for] the possibility that the disease may be genetic.
• the act of regarding bad behavior or a mistake as less serious or bad because of some special situation or condition
1. She performed poorly, but we should make some allowance for her inexperience. = Some allowance should be made for her inexperience. [=because she is inexperienced, we should not blame her too much for performing poorly]
2. They performed poorly, but allowances should be made for their inexperience.
• the act of allowing something
1. The lawyer protested the judge's allowance of the evidence.