Synonyms of allowances

allowances

noun

plural of allowance

1

as in portions

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• portions
• shares
• parts
• quotas
• proportions
• percentages
• allotments
• pieces
• cuts
• slices
• takes
• rations
• pieces of the action
• ends
• commissions
• members
• sections
• segments
• lots
• partitions

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• compounds
• totals
• sums
• composites
• aggregates
• pools
• totalities
• wholes

2

as in permissions

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• permissions
• authorizations
• permits
• consents
• sanctions
• clearances
• licenses
• warrants
• signatures
• leaves
• green lights
• grants
• sufferances
• concurrences
• agreements
• tolerances
• certifications
• accreditations
• stamps
• seals
• concessions
• liberties
• acceptances
• patents
• passes
• imprimaturs
• acquiescences
• tolerations
• assents
• OKs
• accords

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• prohibitions
• denials
• proscriptions
• refusals
• revocations
• rejections
• injunctions
• taboos
• interdictions
• exclusions
• vetoes
• discouragements
• suppressions
• repressions
• bans
• embargoes
• deterrences

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of allowances

Individuals can still transfer crypto abroad under personal allowances – up to 2 million rand (~$120,000) annually without pre-clearance and up to 10 million rand with tax authority clearance. — Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 7 Aug. 2026

There are special allowances for vehicles at least 100 years old, believe it or not, but as this AutoWeek explainer from 2024 spells out, good luck trying to ship a ’60s Mustang across the world to drive it on their streets. — Adam Ismail, The Drive, 5 Aug. 2026

Plans compete on supplemental benefits, some genuinely valuable and some shiny objects — cards and allowances designed to win an enrollment season rather than to matter at three in the morning in an emergency department. — Sachin H. Jain, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026

Suarez, who donates his salary, has proposed eliminating the car and phone allowances, highlighting substantial increases in the mayor and commission budget in recent years. — Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 14 July 2026

Officials had estimated only four bus stops would be subject to new higher-density allowances — but in SANDAG’s maps, 21 meet the criteria. — Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 July 2026

Some shared personal stories from unhoused New Yorkers who said the shelter allowances weren’t enough to prevent homelessness, according to the state register. — Spencer Norris, ProPublica, 9 July 2026

The program will now include a new mechanism, the manufacturing decarbonization incentive, that allows polluters to apply for and receive up to 118 million new allowances in exchange for investments in decarbonization projects. — Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026

Corum gave her children debit cards and uses a family personal finance app connected to the cards to distribute their allowances and monitor their spending. — ABC News, 30 June 2026