Definition of Allowances

1. Noun. (plural of allowance) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Allowances

1. allowance [v] - See also: allowance

Lexicographical Neighbors of Allowances

allow
allow'd
allow for
allow in
allow nature to take her course
allow nature to take its course
allowabilities
allowability
allowable
allowableness
allowables
allowably
allowance account
allowanced
allowances (current term)
allowancing
allowaunce
allowed
allowedly
allower
allowers
alloweth
allowin'
allowing
allowing of(p)
allows
alloxan
alloxan diabetes
alloxanate

Literary usage of Allowances

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bulletin by United States Bureau of war risk insurance. Division of military and naval insurance, United States (1917)
"$48.50 per month, less pension of husband and allowances for children tinder the ... In all the foregoing cases, payment of allowances for the wife and ..."

2. OECD Economic Surveys: Hungary by OECD Staff (2005)
"At the lower end of the income distribution, two special allowances mean that those earning the minimum wage pay zero tax.5 The allowances also reduce the ..."

3. Thirty Years' View: Or, A History of the Working of the American Government by Thomas Hart Benton (1856)
"THE bill which I am asking leave to introduce, proposes to reduce the fishing bounties and allowances in proportion to the reduction which the salt duty has ..."

4. A Treatise on the Law of Mortgages of Real Property by Leonard Augustus Jones (1879)
"allowances for compensation, 1132- 1133. V. allowances for disbursements, 1134- IIl. allowances for repairs and improvements, 1126-1131. 1138. ..."

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