allowance
part of speech
noun (an allowance, allowances)
meaning for a pupil
1) An allowance is an amount of money given regularly, for example the money parents give a child each week (US/Canada; UK usually «pocket money»). tree →
2) An allowance is the amount of something you are allowed, as in a baggage allowance. tree →
3) To make allowances for someone means to be kinder or less strict because of their problems. tree →
sense in the lessons
In maths problems an allowance is often a weekly amount of money: you add it up over weeks or find what is left after spending. In everyday life it is about money, limits and fairness. Phrases: «weekly allowance», «baggage allowance», «make allowances for», «daily allowance».
examples
- My allowance is 5 dollars a week. tree →
- If Jo saves her whole allowance of 6 pounds for 4 weeks, how much will she have? tree →
- The airline's baggage allowance is one bag of 20 kilograms. tree →
- The daily allowance of sugar for children is small. tree →
- Make allowances for Tom; he is new here. tree →
- She spent half her allowance on comics. tree →
- She often pondered how she might obtain two eggs daily instead of one, and at last, to gain her purpose, determined to give the Hen a double allowance of barley. tree →
note
Countable: an allowance, allowances. Spelling: -ance, not -ence. UK children usually say «pocket money». Maths: allowance per week × number of weeks = total; a fraction «spent half her allowance» means divide by 2.
In the corpora
- Your pocket money or allowance is worth keeping safe and keeping track of.
- Pocket money (an allowance) is regular money parents give children to learn how to handle money.
Trees and pragmatics
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