Tra từ allowance - Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

1. an amount allowed or granted (as during a given period) (Freq. 2)
- travel allowance
- my weekly allowance of two eggs
- a child's allowance should not be too generous
• Derivationally related forms:
allow
• Hypernyms:
share, portion, part, percentage
• Hyponyms:
privy purse
2. a sum granted as reimbursement for expenses (Freq. 1)
• Hypernyms:
reimbursement
• Hyponyms:
per diem, travel allowance, travel reimbursement
3. an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances (Freq. 1)
- an allowance for profit
• Syn:
adjustment
• Derivationally related forms:
adjust (for: adjustment)
• Hypernyms:
recompense
• Hyponyms:
cost-of-living allowance, depreciation allowance, deduction, discount, seasonal adjustment, tare
4. a permissible difference;
allowing some freedom to move within limits (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
leeway, margin, tolerance
• Derivationally related forms:
allow
• Hypernyms:
discrepancy, disagreement, divergence, variance
5. a reserve fund created by a charge against profits in order to provide for changes in the value of a company's assets
• Syn:
valuation reserve, valuation account, allowance account
• Hypernyms:
reserve account, reserve fund
6. the act of allowing
- He objected to the allowance of smoking in the dining room
• Derivationally related forms:
allow
• Hypernyms:
license, permission, permit
• Hyponyms:
tolerance

II - verb

put on a fixed allowance, as of food
• Hypernyms:
allow, grant
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody something