allowance
Example Sentences
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It retains the provision that workers not given jobs within 15 days are entitled to an unemployment allowance.
From BBC
Court filings show she was given a $1,000 monthly allowance from Abatti and the pair vacationed around the world — in places such as Italy, Switzerland and Hawaii — with their children, family and friends.
From Los Angeles Times
For industrial actors, the cost of capturing, transporting and storing their emissions remains far higher than the price of purchasing carbon allowances on the market.
From Barron's
Next year, they will pay a fee linked to the price of carbon allowances in the EU Emissions Trading System.
The law provided for $2.9 billion in funding "to supplement the basic allowance for housing" for members of the military.
From Barron's
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