ALLOWANCE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for ALLOWANCE?

Need another word that means the same as “allowance”? Find 46 synonyms and 30 related words for “allowance” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Allowance” are: adjustment, allowance account, valuation account, valuation reserve, leeway, margin, tolerance, permitted amount, permitted quantity, allocation, allotment, quota, share, ration, grant, limit, portion, helping, slice, lot, concession, reduction, decrease, deduction, discount, weighting, rebate, refund, repayment, payment, pocket money, sum of money, remittance, contribution, consideration, handout, subsidy, maintenance, subsistence, benefit, stipend, pension, annuity, keep, upkeep, expenses

Allowance as a Noun

Definitions of "Allowance" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “allowance” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A deduction in the weight that a horse is required to carry in a race.
• Tolerance.
• An amount allowed or granted (as during a given period.
• A small amount of money given regularly to a child by their parents.
• The act of allowing.
• The amount of something that is permitted, especially within a set of regulations or for a specified purpose.
• An amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances.
• A sum of money paid regularly to a person to meet needs or expenses.
• A permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits.
• A sum granted as reimbursement for expenses.
• An amount of money that can be earned or received free of tax.
• A reserve fund created by a charge against profits in order to provide for changes in the value of a company's assets.

Synonyms of "Allowance" as a noun (46 Words)

adjustment	The process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions. For many couples there may need to be a period of adjustment.
allocation	The act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan. Ticket allocation.
allotment	A share set aside for a specific purpose. The allotment of equity securities.
allowance account	A permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits.
annuity	Income from capital investment paid in a series of regular payments. An annuity scheme.
benefit	A payment made by the state or an insurance scheme to someone entitled to receive it. The social season was highlighted by debutante balls and charity benefits.
concession	The act of conceding or yielding. Tax concessions.
consideration	A payment or reward. Companies should show more consideration for their employees.
contribution	A gift or payment to a common fund or collection. The agency is mainly financed from voluntary contributions.
decrease	The amount by which something decreases. There was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided.
deduction	Reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect. The detective must uncover the murderer by deduction from facts.
discount	Interest on an annual basis deducted in advance on a loan. We introduced a standard level of discount for everyone.
expenses	Amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures. He kept a careful record of his expenses at the meeting.
grant	A right or privilege that has been granted. A research grant.
handout	A quantity of financial or other material aid given to a person or organization. Dependence on central government handouts.
helping	An individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal. There will be enough for six helpings.
keep	The financial means whereby one lives. The Society are paying for your keep.
leeway	The sideways drift of a ship to leeward of the desired course. The leeway is only about 2.
limit	Final or latest limiting point. There are limits on the amount you can bet.
lot	A plot of land assigned for sale or for a particular use. An inefficient lot our Council.
maintenance	Means of maintenance of a family or group. Crucial conditions for the maintenance of democratic government.
margin	A line ruled on paper to mark off a margin. He jotted a note in the margin.
payment	The act of paying money. A suit with a velvet collar that I got as payment for being in the show.
pension	A regular payment to a person that is intended to allow them to subsist without working. The company pension scheme.
permitted amount	A legal document giving official permission to do something.
permitted quantity	Large game fish; found in waters of the West Indies.
pocket money	A supply of money.
portion	Something determined in relation to something that includes it. Success that was her portion.
quota	A limited quantity of a particular product which under official controls can be produced, exported, or imported. All the salesmen met their quota for the month.
ration	A fixed amount of a commodity officially allowed to each person during a time of shortage, as in wartime. Holidaymakers who like a generous ration of activity.
rebate	A rectangular groove made to hold two pieces together. You will be entitled to a 20 per cent rebate off each standard fare.
reduction	The act of reducing complexity. The reaction is limited to reduction to the hydrocarbon.
refund	The act of returning money received previously. You may be allowed to claim a refund of the tax.
remittance	A sum of money sent in payment or as a gift. Remittance may be made by credit card.
repayment	Payment of a debt or obligation. Minimum monthly repayments.
share	A sharp steel wedge that cuts loose the top layer of soil. She s done more than her fair share of globetrotting.
slice	A wound made by cutting. A slice of bread.
stipend	A sum of money allotted on a regular basis; usually for some specific purpose.
subsidy	A sum of money granted to support an undertaking held to be in the public interest. She was anxious about her Arts Council subsidy.
subsistence	The state of remaining in force or effect. Farming is a hard means of subsistence.
sum of money	A quantity of money.
tolerance	The capacity to endure continued subjection to something such as a drug or environmental conditions without adverse reaction. The tolerance of corruption.
upkeep	The process of keeping something in good condition. Payments for the children s upkeep.
valuation account	An appraisal of the value of something.
valuation reserve	An appraisal of the value of something.
weighting	An allocated proportion of something. Each score is then multiplied by the appropriate weighting giving a weighted score.

Usage Examples of "Allowance" as a noun

• The elderly receive a heating allowance every winter.
• A personal allowance.
• Travel allowance.
• He objected to the allowance of smoking in the dining room.
• An allowance for profit.
• My weekly allowance of two eggs.
• A child's allowance should not be too generous.
• Your baggage allowance.
• The allowance of slavery in the South.

Associations of "Allowance" (30 Words)

acquire	Come to have (a particular reputation) as a result of one’s behaviour or activities. He acquired a reputation for scrupulous honesty.
acquired	Gotten through environmental forces. Acquired characteristics such as a suntan or a broken nose cannot be passed on.
acquirement	Something acquired, typically a skill. The acquirement of self control.
acquisition	The act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something. The company intends to grow within itself rather than by acquisition.
annuitant	The recipient of an annuity.
cash	Exchange for cash. There is a desperate shortage of hard cash.
compensation	The action or process of awarding compensation. Send your CV and current compensation to Executive Search Consultant.
contribution	A voluntary gift (as of money or service or ideas) made to some worthwhile cause. He expected his contribution to be repaid with interest.
deserved	Properly deserved. A deserved standing ovation.
earn	Earn on some commercial or business transaction earn as salary or wages. She earns a lot in her new job.
earned	Gained or acquired; especially through merit or as a result of effort or action. An earned run in baseball.
gain	Rise in rate or price. Shares showed gains of up to 21 per cent.
grantor	A person or institution that makes a grant or conveyance. Conveyed from grantor to grantee.
gratuity	A relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter. An end of contract gratuity of 20 of the total pay received.
halve	Divide by two divide into halves. Halve the aubergine lengthways.
have	Have sex with. Have throw or make a party.
income	Money received, especially on a regular basis, for work or through investments. Figures showed an overall increase in income this year.
money	Wealth reckoned in terms of money. He changed his money into francs.
procure	Obtain (someone) as a prostitute for another person. He procured extra cigarettes even though they were rationed.
property	Shares or investments in property. Self confidence is not an endearing property.
purchase	Something acquired by purchase. The victory was purchased by the death of Rhiwallon.
revenue	The department of the civil service collecting state revenue. When the revenue makes a demand for tax that demand is implicitly backed by the powers of the state.
riches	An abundance of material possessions and resources. The riches of the Serbian oral tradition.
scholarship	Profound scholarly knowledge. The intellectual dishonesty has nothing to do with lack of scholarship.
stipend	A fixed regular sum paid as a salary or as expenses to a clergyman, teacher, or public official.
sumptuary	Relating to or denoting laws that limit private expenditure on food and personal items. Sumptuary laws discouraging construction of large houses on small plots.
tolerance	A disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior. 250 parts in his cars were made to tolerances of one thousandth of an inch.
valuation	An estimation of the worth of something, especially one carried out by a professional valuer. The valuation of this property is much too high.
vat	Place or treat in a vat. The grapes are vatted for between 15 and 21 days and then aged in small barrels.
wangle	Manage to obtain (something) by persuading or cleverly manipulating someone. I wangled an invitation to her party.