allowance
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an amount allowed or granted (as during a given period)
travel allowance
Types & categories
- share hypernym
- privy purse hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
put on a fixed allowance, as of food
Types & categories
- grant hypernym
Related & opposite
- allowance derivation
Sense 3 noun
a sum granted as reimbursement for expenses
Types & categories
- reimbursement hypernym
- per diem hyponym
- travel allowance hyponym
Sense 4 noun
an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances
an allowance for profit
Types & categories
- recompense hypernym
- cost-of-living allowance hyponym
- depreciation allowance hyponym
- deduction hyponym
- seasonal adjustment hyponym
- tare hyponym
Related & opposite
- adjust derivation
Sense 5 noun
a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits
Types & categories
- discrepancy hypernym
Related & opposite
- permit derivation
Sense 6 noun
a reserve fund created by a charge against profits in order to provide for changes in the value of a company's assets
Types & categories
- reserve account hypernym
Sense 7 noun
the act of allowing
He objected to the allowance of smoking in the dining room
Types & categories
- permission hypernym
- tolerance hyponym
Related & opposite
- permit derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | earmark |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | allowance |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | share |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | privy purse |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | allowance |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | grant |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | reimbursement |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | per diem |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | travel allowance |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | adjust |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | recompense |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | cost-of-living allowance |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | depreciation allowance |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | deduction |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | seasonal adjustment |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | tare |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | permit |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | discrepancy |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | reserve account |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | permit |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | permission |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | tolerance |