The phrase "allowance of about" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a rough estimate or approximation of a quantity or amount.
Example: "The allowance of about 10% for error is standard in this type of calculation."
Alternatives: "estimate of approximately" or "margin of around".
To compensate, they were awarded an average one-off payment of £45,000, plus a monthly allowance of about £300.
Her budget overruns on an annual clothing allowance of about $3.6 million in current spending power were, in some years, more than double.
Anglo American Platinum has offered them only a one-time "hardship allowance" of about $230 if they agreed to return to work.
The IEA said a new, slimmed-down tax system should include: A flat income tax rate at 15%, with a personal allowance of about £10,000.
As I look after Sophie more than 34 hours a week, I could register for a carer's allowance of about £45.
For Bach, a former lawyer and Olympic fencer from Germany, the IOC provides an annual "allowance" of about 225,000 Euros ($251,000) and pays for his suite at the Lausanne Palace & Spa, "an exceptional place of refinement" that offers "a superb view across Lake Geneva to the Alps," according to its website.
The benefits are not bad, either: a housing and living allowance, a stipend of about $6,000 annually per dependent child, around $10,000 a year for entertainment and a generous pension with no employee contribution.
Irrespective of income, parents get a monthly allowance of €123, or about $170, for two children, €282 for three children and an additional €158 for every child after that.
We each consume something like 110 grams of protein a day, about twice the federal government's recommended allowance; of that, about 75 grams come from animal protein.
One project administrator was responsible for day to day running of the project specifically monitoring, supportive supervision and handling CDSS database, was paid a monthly salary of about 597 USD and during trainings she was paid daily allowances of about 48 USD.
Each IOM registered refugee, he says, is in an extreme financial situation, receiving an allowance of Rp1,250,000 (about AUD $123) per month, or less than $4 a day.
