English to English
noun
- 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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- a sum granted as reimbursement for expenses
source: WordNet 3.0
- an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances
An allowance for profit.
source: WordNet 3.0
- a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits
source: WordNet 3.0
- a reserve fund created by a charge against profits in order to provide for changes in the value of a company's assets
source: WordNet 3.0
- the act of allowing
He objected to the allowance of smoking in the dining room.
source: WordNet 3.0
- Approval; approbation.
source: Webster 1913
verb
- put on a fixed allowance, as of food
source: WordNet 3.0
- To put upon a fixed allowance (esp. of provisions and drink); to supply in a fixed and limited quantity; as, the captain was obliged to allowance his crew; our provisions were allowanced.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
noun
- [aláuans] Pahintulot; kapahintulutan
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
