- plural of allowance.
allowances
Example Sentences
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B&Q said the underpayments were unintentional and the result of calculations involving geographical allowances, while Five Guys blamed "technical differences in how payroll regulations were applied".
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 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
Last month, the EU proposed to keep more allowances on the market over the next 15 years to ease the impact on industry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
In a letter seen by BBC News NI, the body expressed concern to Stormont's communities minister that local councils "will not be as effective" unless allowances and conditions improve.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Because he had once written a book, a dry treatise on melancholy, he felt the world should ever after make special allowances for him.
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
