allowance

  • 61allowance — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. stipend; discount, concession; admission, sanction, permission. See giving, qualification. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Portion] Syn. quantity, quota, ration; see share . 2. [A periodic gratuity] Syn.… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 62allowance — al low·ance || É™ns n. stipend; grant; pocket money; discount, deduction; acknowledgment …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 63allowance — n 1. amount, share, allotment, portion; given quantity, quota, ration, rate, stint. 2. grant, fellowship, scholarship, assistantship, stipend. 3. salary, pay, wages, hire, commission, sum, pittance, pin or pocket money; percentage, quarterage,… …

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  • 64allowance — al·low·ance …

    English syllables

  • 65allowance —   Ha awina.    ♦ To make allowances for, ho oku u …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 66allowance — A word of broad and various meanings, ranging from the amount ordered paid to a successful litigant in addition to the stated costs, because of extraordinary difficulty in the litigation, to the amount paid by a parent to a child per week as an… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 67contingency allowance —  Allowance made for unforeseen delays or costs …

    American business jargon

  • 68pendente lite allowance — Allowance to a wife of temporary alimony, maintenance, suit money, and attorneys fees ordered for her maintenance pending litigation and to enable her to prepare her case in a suit for divorce or for alimony, support, separate maintenance,… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 69allowance race — Horse Racing. a race in which each horse is assigned a specified weight according to age, record of past performance, sex, etc. * * * …

    Universalium

  • 70Allowance For Doubtful Accounts — An estimation made by a company and documented on its balance sheet for receivables that might go uncollected. It is standard practice for a company to have funds set aside for money that cannot be collected …

    Investment dictionary