allowances

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Tweens can create simple budgets for their allowances and map out savings goals, like how many weeks it would take to save for a videogame, and what the tradeoffs are.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026

Pakistan has introduced a shortened workweek, cut fuel allowances for public employees, and taken a majority of government vehicles off the road.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

It will also slow down large, energy-intensive state projects and cut government vehicle fuel allowances by nearly a third, news agency Reuters reports.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

However, airlines—including Air France-KLM—will suffer as they lose free carbon allowances and pay more for emissions than non-European peers, the analysts say.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

He made allowances for that, and couched his questions cleverly Innocuously.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy