allowances
Example Sentences
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Lecornu has said the draft law could allow compensation payments to be recovered from family allowances and housing benefits while ensuring a minimum income.
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
The pay packages also typically include car allowances and bonus opportunities, she said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
In the current epidemic, driven by the rare Bundibugyo strain, for which there is no approved vaccine, those workers haven’t been paid their Ebola-response allowances for weeks, according to the WHO and local aid officials.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Edison is providing a $72 climate credit on summer electricity bills as a part of a California program that requires large facilities that produce greenhouse gas emissions to buy carbon pollution allowances.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
We saved our weekly allowances in the fall, dropped the money in a little porcelain horse Baba had brought one time from Herat.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
