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allowance
noun as in amount of money or other supply
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noun as in discount; concession
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Example Sentences
It comes after ministers were forced into U-turns on cutting the winter fuel allowance and some elements of universal credit after a backbench rebellion of Labour MPs.
Once he decided to adopt the horse, he received instructions on how to feed Maverick along with a monthly allowance to care and feed the horse.
"But on the other hand, officials are getting richer, and their allowances are getting higher."
The program, rebranded as cap-and-invest, limits greenhouse gas emissions and raises billions for the state’s climate priorities by allowing large polluters to buy and sell their unused emission allowances at quarterly auctions.
The union claims its members have been refused a £1,250 London allowance which is paid to police officers, describing it as a "symbol of inequality in the Met".
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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