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was allowance
noun
The act of allowing, granting, conceding, or admitting; authorization; permission; sanction; tolerance.
Exact(2)
Was allowance made for uncertainty in the estimates of costs and consequences?
"If there was allowance for working long hours I would have been the most hardworking of staff" (TN, W5).
Similar(58)
On jobseeker's allowance I get £50 a week.
There are allowances for notifying fathers who are not present.
Hence there should be allowances for sudden unplanned temperature excursions, provided these excursions fall within the Stability Thermal Budget (STB).
TP: The Childcare Grant and the Parents Learning Allowance are additional allowances to assist students with children.
"How much was your allowance?" I asked.
A is for allowance.
It's an allowance to be a full-bodied woman.
This certificate is an allowance for each tonne CO2 avoided.
The penetration theory is applied, allowance being made for the 'stretching' of the surface.
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