allowance

Noun

• the act of allowing
  • He objected to the allowance of smoking in the dining room
    

• a reserve fund created by a charge against profits in order to provide for changes in the value of a company's assets

• a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits

• an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances
  • an allowance for profit
    

• a sum granted as reimbursement for expenses

• an amount allowed or granted (as during a given period)
  • travel allowance
    
  • my weekly allowance of two eggs
    
  • a child's allowance should not be too generous
    

Verb

• put on a fixed allowance, as of food

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  valuation reserve , valuation account , allowance account , leeway , margin , tolerance , adjustment