noun Permission; granting, conceding, or admitting.
noun Acknowledgment.
noun An 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
noun Such 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.
noun Abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances.
to make allowance for his naivety
noun A 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.
noun A permitted reduction in the weight that a racehorse must carry.
On the Flat, an apprentice jockey starts with an allowance of 7 lb.
noun A permissible deviation in the fineness and weight of coins, owing to the difficulty in securing exact conformity to the standard prescribed by law.