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# allowance

«allowance» in Mova's school dictionary: **an amount of money given regularly, for example the money…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allowance/#m1)

2) An allowance is the amount of something you are allowed, as in a baggage allowance. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allowance/#m2)

3) To make allowances for someone means to be kinder or less strict because of their problems. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allowance/#m3)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allowance/#x1)
- If Jo saves her whole allowance of 6 pounds for 4 weeks, how much will she have? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allowance/#x2)
- The airline's baggage allowance is one bag of 20 kilograms. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allowance/#x3)
- The daily allowance of sugar for children is small. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allowance/#x4)
- Make allowances for Tom; he is new here. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allowance/#x5)
- She spent half her allowance on comics. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allowance/#x6)
- 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allowance/#x7)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/330-lunch-help-cooking-allowance-southern-seasons-jobs-festivals/3/)
- [Pocket money (an allowance) is regular money parents give children to learn how to handle money.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/6-pocket-money-and-earning-it-with-chores/4/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «allowance» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allowance/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.