allowance

Main Entry:
allowance [uh-lou-uhns]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: amount of money or other supply
Synonyms: aid, alimony, allocation, allotment, annuity, apportionment, bequest, bite*, bounty, commission, contribution, cut, endowment, fee, fellowship, gift, grant, honorarium, inheritance, interest, legacy, lot, measure, part, pay, pension, piece, portion, prize, quantity, quota, ration, recompense, remittance, salary, scholarship, share, slice, stint, stipend, subsidy, taste, wage
Main Entry: acknowledgment
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: act of recognizing authority or truth of something
Synonyms: acceptance, accession, acquiescence, admission, admitting, affirmation, allowance, allowing, assent, assertion, asservation, avowal, compliance, conceding, concession, concurrence, confession, confirmation, corroboration, declaration, profession, ratification, realization, recognition, yielding
Main Entry: acquisition
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: something obtained, received
Synonyms: accomplishment, achievement, allowance, annuity, award, benefit, bonus, commission, dividend, donation, earnings, fortune, gain, gift, grant, income, increment, inheritance, net, premium, prize, proceeds, profit, remuneration, return, reward, riches, salary, security, wages, wealth, winnings
Notes: acquisition is a material possession while an acquirement is a personal skill or knowledge that one gains
Main Entry: admission
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: confession or acknowledgment
Synonyms: accession, admittance, affidavit, affirmation, allowance, assent, assertion, attestation, averment, avowal, concession, confirmation, declaration, deposition, disclosure, divulgence, profession, revelation, statement, testimonial, testimony
Notes: admission implies a physical entrance, whereas admittance implies some sort of procedural or merely formal entry; admission correlates with permission to move into a room or building but admittance correlates with acceptance into a group or organization
admission falls short of an acknowledgment of all elements of a crime - which would be a confession
Antonyms: denial, disallowance, refusal, repudiation
Main Entry: advance
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: money given beforehand
Synonyms: accommodation, allowance, bite*, credit, deposit, down payment, floater, front money, hike, increase, loan, prepayment, retainer, rise*, score, stake, take*, touch*
Notes: advance means 'steady progress' and stresses effective assisting in hastening a process or bringing about a desired end, while advancement suggests progression that is bigger, more, or beyond normal
Main Entry: aid
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: help, support
Synonyms: advancement, advice, advocacy, alleviation, allowance, assist, assistance, attention, backing, backup, benefaction, benefit, benevolence, bounty, care, charity, comfort, compensation, cooperation, deliverance, encouragement, endowment, favor, furtherance, gift, giving, guidance, hand, handout, leg up, lift, ministration, ministry, patronage, promotion, reinforcement, relief, rescue, reward, salvation, service, shot in the arm, subsidy, sustenance, treatment
Notes: aid is assistance or a source of assistance; aide is an assistant
Antonyms: blockage, hindrance, impediment, injury, obstruction
Main Entry: allotment
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: portion assigned or given
Synonyms: allocation, allowance, apportionment, appropriation, bite, chunk, cut, cut of pie, end, grant, lot, measure, part, piece, piece of the action, quota, rake off, ration, share, slice, split, stint*
Main Entry: appropriation
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: allocation, setting aside
Synonyms: allotment, allowance, apportionment, assignment, budgeting, concession, donation, earmarking, endowing, funding, giving, grant, provision, setting apart, sponsoring, stipend, stipulation, subsidy
Antonyms: keeping, refusal, rejection
Main Entry: bite
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: allotment
Synonyms: allowance, cut, lot, part, piece, portion, quota, share, slice
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