The phrase "allowance was cut" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a reduction in financial support or benefits that someone receives, often in the context of budgeting or financial management.
Example: "Due to budget constraints, my monthly allowance was cut significantly this year."
Alternatives: "allowance was reduced" or "allowance was decreased."
When the annual allowance was cut to £40,000 from £50,000, it was estimated it would hit the 100,000 people who were putting more than this into a pension scheme every year.
Children from poor families need to work in order to support their parent or parents, something that was brought into sharp relief when the education maintenance allowance was cut in 2010.
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If your water allowance is cut, then you grow fewer pumpkins".
Wish List is the story of a teenage carer, Tamsin, who takes work in a warehouse on a zero-hours contract to help support her younger brother, Dean, when his employment and support allowance is cut.
At the same time business investment allowances are cut.
Councillors' allowances are cut and there is a limit to the number of highly paid council employees.
Judges have been given figures showing how much they will lose when their tax-free pension allowances are cut in line with government reforms of public sector pay.
"Some allowances were cut or removed, whilst others increased," he said.
Press censorship and petrol rationing were imposed, import licences were cancelled and emigration allowances were cut to £100.
The Bursary Fund, which was launched after Educational Maintenance Allowance (EMA) was cut in 2010, helps many 16- 19-year-olds with their everyday costs, including travel and course materials.
