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allowance

[uh-lou-uhns] / əˈlaʊ əns /




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While he formally becomes a prince, he will not receive a royal allowance.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

A per-visit system would pay the hospice provider for each visit rather than a monthly overall allowance that allows it to adjust care based on the needs of the patient.

From MarketWatch Aug. 5, 2026

The three scrape by on the $90 Boonma receives each month for her work, her parents’ combined $50 old-age allowance from the government and money sent by her own adult son and daughter.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 26, 2026

Another common perk is a company-provided car or a car allowance, which can include free fuel.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 25, 2026

That was way, way more than my allowance.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

They are usually non-refundable, with limitations on checked-luggage allowances and the opportunities to collect miles.

From MarketWatch Aug. 13, 2026

Throughout their 20s, both men lived off allowances and inheritances from their families.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

This could mean free allowances being phased out more slowly and extended beyond 2034, provided companies commit to long term decarbonisation.

From Barron's Jul. 17, 2026

McLean said when GST was introduced the states agreed to compensate islanders by improving personal tax allowances, uplifting income support payments and targeted support through the community costs bonus.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

Raising small amounts of cash gave the enslaved people a chance to supplement their meager food and clothing allowances.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

The first album I ever bought with my own money, allowanced saved up for weeks, was “Long Hard Climb.”

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 1, 2020

Then don’t you ever go and say you were allowanced, mind that.”

From Dickens As an Educator by James L. (James Laughlin) Hughes

We found sugar scarce; butter scarce, and bread sharply allowanced in hotels and restaurants.

From The Martial Adventures of Henry and Me by William Allen White

Then don't you ever go and say you were allowanced, mind that.'

From The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens

I'm allowanced off an' I've got t' eat on'y what he gives me—that's in our contrac'.

From The Missing Link by Edward Dyson

The Germans had been allowancing Recicourt to nine a day.

From The Martial Adventures of Henry and Me by William Allen White

And when the larger wood begins to grow scarce, what course does the peasant adopt?—The allowancing of individuals.

From The Place of Anarchism in Socialistic Evolution An Address Delivered in Paris by Henry Glasse




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