The phrase "allowances off" is not standard in written English and may cause confusion.
It could be used in a context discussing discounts or reductions, but it is not commonly recognized.
Example: "The store is offering allowances off the regular price for select items this weekend."
Alternatives: "discounts applied" or "reductions available".
Osborne didn't say that he was creaming £3.5bn in tax allowances off pensioners.
The EU wanted to take about 900m tonnes of carbon allowances off the market and reintroduce them in six years when, it was hoped, demand would be stronger.
By taking allowances off the market now, when prices are low, and reintroducing them later, when (the proposers hope) prices will be higher, the designers of the scheme hope to limit the price decline.
The environment committee of the European Parliament voted to support a plan proposed by the European Commission, the European Union's executive arm, to take 900m tonnes of carbon allowances off the market for up to five years.
The new law creates a system that will automatically take a portion of ETS allowances off the market and place it in a reserve if the surplus exceeds a certain threshold.
The proposed law would create a system that automatically takes a portion of ETS allowances off the market and puts it into a reserve if the surplus exceeds a certain threshold.
The awards are up to AU$50,000 (about ?29,200), including two one-off allowances of AU$5000 (about ?2,920) each, one to cover your travel costs and the other to help you find your feet in your new country, and a monthly stipend of AU$3333 (about ?1,950).
In the case of the DT/Evernote deal, the carrier says that users who sign up for the service also get 1GB of monthly upload allowance, off-line notebook usage and accelerated picture recognition.
In the military, those benefits include base housing and allowances for off-base housing, health insurance, certain death benefits, legal counseling and access to base commissaries and other stores.
And once begun, the process of hollowing out Glass-Steagall with waivers, exemptions and allowances took off, all in the name of efficiency and competitiveness.
So I turned to Seeking Arrangement, the site that pairs successful, older men ("sugar daddies") with younger women ("sugar babies"); the former pays for the company of the latter with allowances, one-off payments, or lavish gifts.
