n.
1.an amount allowed or granted (as during a given period)
2.a sum granted as reimbursement for expenses
3.an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances
4.a permissible difference
5.a reserve fund created by a charge against profits in order to provide for changes in the value of a company's assets
6.the act of allowing allowance v.
1.put on a fixed allowance, as of food
Idiom of the Day
wink at (something)
to allow and pretend not to know about something (e.g. a law or rule being broken)
The school librarian sometimes winks at the rule about borrowing a maximum of three books.
