allowance

The standard personal allowance is currently £12,570, which is the amount of income someone does not have to pay tax on.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

Under the ETS, Europe's industries and power plants are required to buy a permit, or allowance, for every tonne of carbon dioxide they emit, creating a financial incentive to invest in cleaner technologies.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

The U.K. offers a cash allowance of up to $260 or so a week for those who struggle with basic functions like bathing, preparing food or managing finances because of physical or mental infirmities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

This shelter will come in addition to the federal allowance on estate taxes, which is now up to $30 million for a couple.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026

Before long he would have to start buying it out of his allowance.

From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville

The changes would mean some industries could obtain emission allowances until 2038 instead of 2034, if they commit to investing in decarbonisation efforts.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 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

The program will now include a new mechanism, the manufacturing decarbonization incentive, that allows polluters to apply for and receive up to 118 million new allowances in exchange for investments in decarbonization projects.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026

They had families paying their tuition, granting them allowances to cover their living expenses.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

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

I’m allowanced by the doctor even in the matter o’ tea and coffee,” said the sergeant.

From Blue Lights Hot Work in the Soudan by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

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

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

The poor dog, thus allowanced, must have been sorry that he ever joined us.

From Adventures of a Young Naturalist by Gillmore, Parker

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 Dyson, Edward

The Germans had been allowancing Recicourt to nine a day.

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

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 Glasse, Henry