Mersiades said that the Australian bid team spent $2,500 in 2009 on a single-drop pearl necklace for Warner's wife, Maureen, that appeared to be above the allowance permitted by FIFA.
In 1803, Goya donated the copperplates of his "Los Caprichos" etchings to the king in return for an annual allowance to permit Javier to travel abroad to further his artistic education.
This system, which is in place in parts of Europe and is known as the "allowance for corporate equity" (ACE), permits firms to make a certain level of profit without incurring tax.
These may come from inflated national baselines for deforestation, or allowances that permit some sorts of tree-felling to be ignored.
What this means is that if UK power plants reduce their emissions and don't use up their allowance of carbon permits these permits are freed up and sold on for use elsewhere, such as in other industries or other European countries power plants.
Another form of incentive, the investment allowance, permits investors to deduct from taxable income a certain percentage of the cost of eligible assets in addition to depreciation allowances.
In contrast, some allowance of default permits a greater supply of credit.
