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

That's because gym memberships and meal allowances don't make someone feel seen or tell them that their contribution matters. — Candy Fernandez, Forbes.com, 10 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

Iyanla Vanzant, the program’s host, chided Holmes for squandering much of her fortune, buying properties and paying allowances to hangers-on. — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 28 June 2026

In addition to his life sentences, Radford will forfeit all pay and allowances, be reduced in rank to E-1, and receive a dishonorable discharge from the Army, according to a statement from OSTC. — Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 23 June 2026

Average annual compensation for service members, including allowances for housing and other expenses, began at $57,604 in 2025 and topped $228,000 for colonels and captains, according to the agency. — Tom Huddleston Jr. megan Sauer, CNBC, 15 June 2026

The position offers a salary range of about $252,000 to nearly $307,000, with monthly auto and technology allowances of $400 and $100, respectively. — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 6 June 2026

Greenlight did the first-ever block trade on Kalshi, in April, a six-figure bet that an auction of carbon allowances in California would settle above a specific price. — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 4 June 2026