small+allowance

  • 1allowance — al‧low‧ance [əˈlaʊəns] noun 1. [countable] an amount of money that someone is given regularly or for a special reason: • She earns a package worth $1 million, including a $15,000 clothing allowance. ˌcost of ˈliving alˌlowance [countable] HUMAN… …

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  • 2Allowance (money) — An allowance is an amount of money set aside for a designated purpose.Because money is ever a scarce and valuable commodity, the general concept of one person who has the authority to decide what to spend it on (that is, who has the power of the… …

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  • 3allowance — noun 1 amount of sth that you are allowed ADJECTIVE ▪ baggage ▪ tax ▪ holiday (BrE) VERB + ALLOWANCE ▪ be entitled to, get …

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  • 4allowance — al|low|ance W3S2 [əˈlauəns] n 1.) [C usually singular] an amount of money that you are given regularly or for a special purpose a monthly/annual etc allowance ▪ His father gives him a monthly allowance of £200. allowance for ▪ Do you get an… …

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  • 5allowance — noun (C) 1 an amount of money that you are given regularly or for a special reason: His father gave him an allowance of $1000 a year. | travel/clothing/housing allowance etc (=money given officially to spend on travel etc): Jo s salary includes a …

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  • 6allowance — /əˈlaʊəns / (say uh lowuhns) noun 1. a definite amount or share allotted; a ration: *A queer economic, which sustained the large Bradly and the small Edmund on an equal allowance of food. –norman lindsay, 1938. 2. a definite sum of money allotted …

  • 7Allowance (engineering) — In engineering and machining, an allowance is a planned deviation between an actual dimension and a nominal or theoretical dimension, or between an intermediate stage dimension and an intended final dimension. The unifying abstract concept is… …

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  • 8small — adj. VERBS ▪ be, feel, look, seem ▪ become, get, grow ▪ The gap seemed to be getting smaller …

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  • 9allowance — Synonyms and related words: C ration, K ration, OK, abatement, acceptance, account, acknowledgment, adjustment, admission, agio, aid, alimony, allocation, allotment, allowing, annuity, apportionment, appreciation, appropriation, approximation,… …

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  • 10Small Business Job Protection Act Of 1996 — An act of legislation that increased the minimum wage, simplified pension rules and adjusted taxes for small businesses. The act also made adjustments to S Corporation regulation, rules surrounding safe harbor provisions and rules governing… …

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