Allowance

[ə'laʊəns]

解释:

(noun.) the act of allowing; 'He objected to the allowance of smoking in the dining room'.

(noun.) a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits.

(noun.) an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances; 'an allowance for profit'.

(noun.) an amount allowed or granted (as during a given period); 'travel allowance'; 'my weekly allowance of two eggs'; 'a child's allowance should not be too generous'.

(noun.) a sum granted as reimbursement for expenses.

(verb.) put on a fixed allowance, as of food.

科妮莉亚手打--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) Approval; approbation.

(n.) The act of allowing, granting, conceding, or admitting; authorization; permission; sanction; tolerance.

(n.) Acknowledgment.

(n.) License; indulgence.

(n.) That which is allowed; a share or portion allotted or granted; a sum granted as a reimbursement, a bounty, or as appropriate for any purpose; a stated quantity, as of food or drink; hence, a limited quantity of meat and drink, when provisions fall short.

(n.) Abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances; as, to make allowance for the inexperience of youth.

(n.) A customary deduction from the gross weight of goods, different in different countries, such as tare and tret.

(n.) To put upon a fixed allowance (esp. of provisions and drink); to supply in a fixed and limited quantity; as, the captain was obliged to allowance his crew; our provisions were allowanced.

手打:威尔

同义词及近义词：

n. [1]. Permission, leave, license, permit, authorization, connivance, sanction, authority, approbation, sufferance.[2]. Admission, acknowledgment, concession, assent.[3]. Stipend, salary, pay, hire, wages, remuneration, recompense, commission, EXHIBITION, PITTANCE.[4]. Qualification, modification, extenuation, limitation, exception.[5]. Ration, stated quantity (of food or drink).

v. a. Put upon allowance, limit in the supply of food.

整理:罗威娜

同义词及反义词：

[See ALLOW]

手打:波莉