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Definitions and Possible Meanings:
  1. allowance (n) -
    1. an amount of money that you are given regularly or for a special purpose
  2. subsistence allowance -
    1. money that you are given to pay for food and other small costs, for example when you have to travel somewhere for your employer
  3. depreciation allowance -
    1. an amount that can be taken off a business's profit figure when calculating tax, to allow for the fact that an asset has lost part of its value during a particular period of time
  4. Jobseeker's Allowance -
    1. money paid by the British government to help people who have no work, and are trying to find work
  5. investment allowance (n) -
    1. another name for CAPITAL ALLOWANCE
  6. child allowance (n) -
    1. the old name for CHILD BENEFIT
  7. family allowance -
    1. the old name for CHILD BENEFIT
  8. capital allowance -
    1. a particular amount of a business's profit that is not taxed if it is invested in equipment etc
  9. entertainment allowance -
    1. an amount of money given regularly to an employee to pay for meals, hotels, drinks etc for company business clients
  10. oversubscription allowance (n) -
    1. when additional shares are made available if there is oversubscription
Synonyms and Similar Words:
Allow

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Meta Information
Misspelled:No
Name:No
Syllable Count:3
Audience Familiarity Audience Familarity refers to the ability of the audience to recognize and understand a word.
Word Rank:492nd
Grade Level (Approximate)A 1995 study[1] found that junior high school students were able to recognize between 10,000-12,000 words, whereas college students were able to recognize between 12,000-17,000 words.:Elementary or Middle School
Fog Reading Ease Complex Word:Yes
Dale-Chall Reading Ease Difficult Word: No

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