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allowance
noun
money
that
a
parent
or
guardian
gives
a
child
regularly
to
spend
as
the
child
wishes
•
Every
Saturday
morning
,
Mia's
parents
give
her
a
$10
allowance
for
completing
her
chores
.
Every
Saturday
morning
,
Mia's
parents
give
her
a
$10
allowance
for
completing
her
chores
.
•
Luca
saved
part
of
his
weekly
allowance
to
buy
a
new
comic
book
.
Luca
saved
part
of
his
weekly
allowance
to
buy
a
new
comic
book
.
Middle
English
,
from
the
verb
allow
+-ance
,
originally
meaning
a
legal
or
financial
approval
before
narrowing
to
a
regular
sum
given
.
noun
a
set
amount
of
something
that
you
are
officially
permitted
to
have
or
use
•
The
airline
’
s
baggage
allowance
is
one
suitcase
and
one
small
carry-on
.
The
airline
’
s
baggage
allowance
is
one
suitcase
and
one
small
carry-on
.
•
Workers
receive
a
daily
food
allowance
when
they
travel
for
the
company
.
Workers
receive
a
daily
food
allowance
when
they
travel
for
the
company
.
Evolved
from
the
sense
of
money
granted
:
later
used
for
any
permitted
quantity
or
allocation
.
noun
a
small
reduction
in
price
or
an
amount
deducted
to
take
something
into
account
•
The
store
gave
me
a
ten-dollar
allowance
for
the
scratched
surface
of
the
table
.
The
store
gave
me
a
ten-dollar
allowance
for
the
scratched
surface
of
the
table
.
•
When
fitting
the
pipes
,
engineers
left
an
allowance
for
thermal
expansion
.
When
fitting
the
pipes
,
engineers
left
an
allowance
for
thermal
expansion
.
Sense
extended
in
the
17th
century
from
money
granted
to
include
money
taken
off
or
set
aside
.