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Definition of allowance : 1. A customary deduction from the gross weight of goods, different in different countries, such as tare and tret.
2. Abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances; as, to make allowance for the inexperience of youth.
3. Acknowledgment.
4. Approval; approbation.
5. License; indulgence.
6. 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.
7. The act of allowing, granting, conceding, or admitting; authorization; permission; sanction; tolerance.
8. 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.

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leeway, backlog, adaptation, hire, granting, gross profit margin, authorization, pay, fee, collect, allowance account, scholarship, fitting, sufferance, clearance, balance, earnings, block, 1099, pocket money, contribution, OK, security deposit, valuation account, legacy, perimeter, subvention, stint, consider, green light, leave, claw back, rationalize, permission, approbation, remittance, salary, the Boston Tea Party, recompense, Rhodes Scholarship, aid, agree, allow, justify, bursary, gross profit, license, tolerance, border, subsidy, arithmetic, accumulation, capacity, take, annuity, margin, dole, corporate welfare, batch, allow for, adaption, valuation reserve, readjustment, Chancellor of the Exchequer, divvy, handout, excuse, inheritance, fellowship, alteration, 1040 form, chargeable, requital, audit, warrant, permissiveness, permit, pension, endowment, registration, bequest, end

compromise (part of speech: noun)

compensation, adjustment, reconciliation, concession, middle course, halfway point, appeasement, mediation, compromise, accommodation, settlement

portion (part of speech: noun)

compartment, subdivision, fraction, member, half, helping, zone, sector, interest, stock, bit, cut, dividend

consent (part of speech: noun)

assent, acceptance, endorsement, concurrence, consent, ratification, acquiescence, approval, sanction

discount (part of speech: verb)

discount, deduction, reduction

qualification (part of speech: noun)

limitation, condition, reservation, modification, qualification, provision, exception, proviso, mitigation, catch, stipulation

allotment (part of speech: noun)

assignment, budget, quantum, division, dispensation, measure, allotment, part, partition, segment, stipend, percentage, commission, ration, piece, lot, split, chunk, portion, quota, share, slice, stake, proportion, allocation, parcel, apportionment

amount (part of speech: noun)

quantity, number, sum, tally, total, amount

reward (part of speech: noun)

bounty, inducement, incentive, payment, gratuity, sweetener, gift, plum, lure, reward, tip, enticement, wage, sweepstakes, amends, remuneration, carrot, wages, stimulation, consideration, bonus, atonement, temptation, treat, prize, tribute, grant, award, honorarium

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