Définitions
1.NounPermission; granting, conceding, or admitting.
2.NounAcknowledgment.
3.NounAn amount, portion, or share that is allotted or granted; a sum granted as a reimbursement, a bounty, or as appropriate for any purpose."her meagre allowance of food or drink; Being a volunteer is unpaid, but we get accommodation and a living allowance of 100 euros a week.; She gives her daughters each an allowance of thirty dollars a month."
4.NounSuch a sum or portion granted to a family member or familiar, especially one's own child; pocket money for such a person."She gives her daughters each an allowance of thirty dollars a month."
5.NounAbatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances."to make allowance for his naivety"
6.NounA deduction from the gross weight of goods, such as to discount their container's weight or per a custom differing by country."Minus the allowance, the total came to thirteen tons."
7.NounA permitted reduction in the weight that a racehorse must carry."On the Flat, an apprentice jockey starts with an allowance of 7 lb."
8.NounA permissible deviation in the fineness and weight of coins, owing to the difficulty in securing exact conformity to the standard prescribed by law.
9.NounApproval; approbation.
10.NounLicense; indulgence.
11.NounA planned deviation between an exact dimension and a nominal or theoretical dimension.
12.VerbTo put upon a fixed allowance (especially of provisions and drink)."The captain was obliged to allowance his crew."
13.VerbTo supply in a fixed and limited quantity."Our provisions were allowanced."