allowance
英[ə'laʊəns]
美[ə'laʊəns]
- n. 津贴，零用钱；允许；限额
- vt. 定量供应
英英释意
- 1. 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"
- 2. a sum granted as reimbursement for expenses
- 3. an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances;
- "an allowance for profit"
- 4. a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits
- 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;
- "He objected to the allowance of smoking in the diningroom"