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1make allowance for — make allowance(s) for 1) take into consideration when planning or making calculations a special circuit makes allowances for changes in the ambient temperature 2) regard or treat leniently on account of mitigating circumstances she liked them and …
2allowance — /əˈlaʊəns / (say uh lowuhns) noun 1. a definite amount or share allotted; a ration: *A queer economic, which sustained the large Bradly and the small Edmund on an equal allowance of food. –norman lindsay, 1938. 2. a definite sum of money allotted …
3Allowance — Al*low ance, n. [OF. alouance.] 1. Approval; approbation. [Obs.] Crabbe. [1913 Webster] 2. The act of allowing, granting, conceding, or admitting; authorization; permission; sanction; tolerance. [1913 Webster] Without the king s will or the state …
4allowance — noun (C) 1 an amount of money that you are given regularly or for a special reason: His father gave him an allowance of $1000 a year. | travel/clothing/housing allowance etc (=money given officially to spend on travel etc): Jo s salary includes a …
5allowance */*/ — UK [əˈlaʊəns] / US noun [countable] Word forms allowance : singular allowance plural allowances 1) a) an amount of money that someone receives regularly, in order to pay for the things they need She receives a monthly allowance of £500. a… …
6allowance — al|low|ance [ ə lauəns ] noun count ** 1. ) an amount of money that parents give a child regularly: I had to pay for the broken window out of my allowance. a ) an amount of money that someone receives regularly, in order to pay for the things… …
7FOR — prep. & conj. prep. 1 in the interest or to the benefit of; intended to go to (these flowers are for you; wish to see it for myself; did it all for my country; silly for you to go). 2 in defence, support, or favour of (fight for one s rights). 3… …
8make allowance(s) for something — make allowance(s) for sth idiom to consider sth, for example when you are making a decision or planning sth • The budget made allowance for inflation. • The plan makes no allowance for people working at different rates. Main entry:… …
9U.S Plan of Campaign for 1815 — The U.S. Plan of Campaign for 1815 was forestalled by the signing of the Treaty of Ghent which brought an end to the War of 1812.After two years of the war, the Burning of Washington drove Secretary of War John Armstrong, Jr. from office. He was… …
10Working for Families — In 2004 the New Zealand Labour government introduced the Working for Families package as part of the 2004 budget. The package, which effectively commenced operating on 1 April 2005, had three primary aims: to make work pay; to ensure income… …
