- an amount of money that is given to somebody regularly or for a particular purpose
- an allowance of $20 a day
- a clothing/living/travel allowance
- Do you get an allowance for clothing?
Extra Examples- She spends her allowance on clothes.
- The weekly allowance for each child is £15.
- You may be entitled to a housing allowance if you are in a low-paid job.
- The grant includes a travel allowance of £60 and a book allowance of £250.
- They receive a care allowance for their disabled daughter.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- generous
- large
- meagre/meager
- …
- be entitled to
- get
- receive
- …
- allowance of
- allowance for
- the amount of something that is allowed in a particular situation
- a baggage allowance of 20 kilos
- Roman soldiers received a salt allowance, called salarium, the origin of the word salary.
- The recommended daily allowance of vitamin C is 60–90 milligrams.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- baggage
- tax
- holiday
- …
- be entitled to
- get
- have
- …
- recommended daily allowance
- (especially North American English) (also pocket money especially in British English)a small amount of money that parents give their children, usually every week or every month
- (British English, specialist) an amount of money that can be earned or received before you start paying tax
- personal tax allowances
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French alouance, from alouer, from Latin allaudare ‘to praise’, reinforced by medieval Latin allocare ‘to place’, from ad- ‘to’ + locare, from locus ‘place’.
Idioms
See allowance in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee allowance in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishmake allowance(s) for something
- to consider something, for example when you are making a decision or planning something
- The budget made allowance for inflation.
- The plan makes no allowance for people working at different rates.
make allowances (for somebody)
- to allow somebody to behave in a way that you would not usually accept, because of a problem or because there is a special reason
- You have to make allowances for him because he’s tired.
Check pronunciation:
allowance