1
as in portion
something belonging to, due to, or contributed by an individual member of a group
as the war progressed, each family's allowance of sugar and flour was reduced
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Relevance
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2
as in permission
the approval by someone in authority for the doing of something
without the official allowance of the school board, no organization can hold its meetings on school property
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Recent Examples of allowance
The Spotify narrated articles are available within Premium subscribers’ monthly audiobooks allowance, alongside its existing audiobook library.
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Todd Spangler, Variety, 26 May 2026
The city required that bidders provide the unit cost for most of the items typically encountered when replacing lead service lines, and has set up an allowance for items that cannot be detailed.
—Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 26 May 2026
The government offers elderly citizens a small monthly allowance but some need and choose to earn more to cover living costs in one of the world’s most expensive cities.
—Catherine Phillips, CNN Money, 24 May 2026
Those include the creation of the Sunday Night Soccer package, the allowance of more daytime kickoffs in colder-weather markets, and most recently the erasure of the MLS Season Pass package in favor of making the entire match inventory available for all Apple TV+ subscribers.
—Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
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Todd Spangler, Variety, 26 May 2026
The city required that bidders provide the unit cost for most of the items typically encountered when replacing lead service lines, and has set up an allowance for items that cannot be detailed.
—Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 26 May 2026
The government offers elderly citizens a small monthly allowance but some need and choose to earn more to cover living costs in one of the world’s most expensive cities.
—Catherine Phillips, CNN Money, 24 May 2026
Those include the creation of the Sunday Night Soccer package, the allowance of more daytime kickoffs in colder-weather markets, and most recently the erasure of the MLS Season Pass package in favor of making the entire match inventory available for all Apple TV+ subscribers.
—Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for allowance
Noun
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The chance of severe weather is greatest from southern Maryland, across the bay to the lower portion of the eastern shore.—
Cutter Martin,
CBS News,
26 May 2026
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Wildfires in 2020, particularly the CZU Lightning Fire, burned 86,509 acres across the Santa Cruz Mountains in San Mateo and Santa Cruz counties, destroying a huge portion of their feeding grounds.—
Paul Rogers,
Mercury News,
26 May 2026
Noun
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Used with the permission of the publisher, Doubleday.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 May 2026
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This article originally appeared in Spektrum der Wissenschaft and was reproduced with permission.—
Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
25 May 2026
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Bank of America reiterates Apple as buy Bank of America raised its price target on Apple to $380 per share from $330.—
Michael Bloom,
CNBC,
26 May 2026
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In housing, empty-nest Boomers sit on a disproportionate share of the family-sized homes that millennial parents need but cannot find or afford.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
25 May 2026
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Fireworks set off without authorization in Rome reportedly triggered a mass stampede of frightened horses during a late-night rehearsal for Italy’s annual Republic Day parade, injuring multiple riders and animals.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
1 June 2026
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Citigroup Top pick Citigroup is up 67% over the past 12 months with more room to run, Bank of America said after CEO Jane Fraser's investor day earlier this month, which included news of a $30 billion buyback authorization.—
Michael Bloom,
CNBC,
30 May 2026
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But violence has since roared back, in part because armed groups have taken advantage of peace negotiations with Petro’s government to make territorial gains.—
Megan Janetsky,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2026
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All three of the women at the center of Starry were staunchly individualistic and gravitated differently toward and then away from a sense of being part of a group.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 June 2026
Noun
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But, as is often the case with these kinds of monkey’s paws, the granting of a wish comes at a great cost—the wishmaker’s life.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
24 Apr. 2026
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In this age of excess and endless wish granting, self denial becomes a superpower and a necessity.—
Maggie Anders,
Oc Register,
7 Apr. 2026
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Opec decreased oil production quotas to stabilise prices, but members failed to comply, producing above their limits; while non-Opec producers pumped out more to fill the gap.—
The Week UK,
TheWeek,
23 May 2026
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The quota on the number of top grades was one of three provisions voted on separately by the faculty.—
Michael T. Nietzel,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2026
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In early 1861, the minimum enlistment age went down to eighteen—without parental consent—again.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
25 May 2026
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After that surrender, deputies said Lovemen initially gave them consent to search the home.—
Matthew Ablon,
CBS News,
23 May 2026
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“Allowance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/allowance. Accessed 2 Jun. 2026.
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