allowance

What does allowance mean?

• noun

  an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances

• noun

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

• noun

  a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits

• noun

  an amount allowed or granted (as during a given period)

• noun

  a sum granted as reimbursement for expenses

• verb

  put on a fixed allowance, as of food

• noun

  the act of allowing

Anagrams of allowance