make allowance for

phrase

1

: to think about or plan for (something that will or might happen in the future)

When purchasing property, the company should make allowance for possible future growth/expansion.

2

: to consider (something) when one makes a calculation

When you're comparing costs from different decades, you need to make allowance for inflation.

Examples of make allowance for in a Sentence

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Alas, my plan to sort and cull my thousands of books — — failed to make allowance for human nature. — Michael Dirda, Washington Post, 17 June 2020

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