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The phrase "allowance for extra" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing provisions or considerations made for additional factors or expenses in a plan or budget.
Example: "We need to make an allowance for extra costs that may arise during the project."
Alternatives: "provision for additional" or "consideration for extra".
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Serious investors, he says, may make an allowance for extra security, but will be largely undeterred.
Among the suggestions worthy of consideration is some kind of allowance for extra television time and mailings for a future candidate facing a big spender.
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Workfare provides an extra allowance for school clothes.
These rates were based on the assessment of the financial needs reported by Mission and Government Hospitals with an extra allowance for higher quality services and infrastructure development.
By limiting our analyses to a maximum upstream length of 2000 bp, on average, we capture most of the entire intergenic regions in these species and give some extra allowance for longer upstream regions.
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