allowance

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
美 /əˈlaʊɪns/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Permission; granting, conceding, or admitting. countable,uncountable
    — you sent a large commission to Gregory de Cassado, to conclude, without the King's will or the state's allowance
  2. Acknowledgment. countable,uncountable
    — The censure of the which one must in your allowance overweigh a whole theater of others.
  3. An amount, portion, or share that is allotted or granted; a sum granted as a reimbursement, a bounty, or as appropriate for any purpose. countable,uncountable
    — her meagre allowance of food or drink
  4. An amount, portion, or share that is allotted or granted; a sum granted as a reimbursement, a bounty, or as appropriate for any purpose.; Such a sum or portion granted to a family member or familiar, especially one's own child; pocket money for such a person. countable,uncountable
    — She gives her daughters each an allowance of thirty dollars a month.
  5. Abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances. countable,uncountable
    — to make allowance for his naivety
  6. A deduction from the gross weight of goods, such as to discount their container's weight or per a custom differing by country. countable,uncountable
    — Minus the allowance, the total came to thirteen tons.
  7. A permitted reduction in the weight that a racehorse must carry. countable,uncountable
    — On the Flat, an apprentice jockey starts with an allowance of 7 lb.
  8. A permissible deviation in the fineness and weight of coins, owing to the difficulty in securing exact conformity to the standard prescribed by law. countable,uncountable
  9. Approval; approbation. countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — […]gave allowance where he needed none
  10. License; indulgence. countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — this Allowance for their Transgressions
  11. A planned deviation between an exact dimension and a nominal or theoretical dimension. countable,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To put upon a fixed allowance (especially of provisions and drink). transitive
    — The captain was obliged to allowance his crew.
  2. To supply in a fixed and limited quantity. transitive
    — Our provisions were allowanced.

词形变化

allowances plural allowaunce alternative,obsolete allowances present,singular,third-person allowancing participle,present allowanced participle,past allowanced past allowaunce alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

衍生词
attendance allowance cost-of-living disallowance depreciation allowance disallowance emission allowance family allowance field allowance Jobseeker's Allowance misallowance monkey's allowance personal allowance seam allowance separation allowance travel allowance

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
Proto-Italic *ad
Proto-Italic *ad-
Latin ad-
Latin laus
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Italic *-āō
Latin -ō
Latin laudō
Latin allaudō
Old French aloer
▲
Latin ad-
Proto-Indo-European *stel-der.
Proto-Italic *stlokos?
Old Latin stlocus
Latin locus
▲
Latin -ō
Latin locō
Latin allocō
Old French aloer
Old French alouer
Proto-Indo-European *-yós
Proto-Italic *-ios
Old Latin -ios
Latin -ius
Latin -iader.
Old French -ance
Old French alouancebor.
Middle English allouance
English allowance
From Middle English allouance, from Old French alouance. Morphologically allow + -ance.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
Proto-Italic *ad
Proto-Italic *ad-
Latin ad-
Latin laus
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Italic *-āō
Latin -ō
Latin laudō
Latin allaudō
Old French aloer
▲
Latin ad-
Proto-Indo-European *stel-der.
Proto-Italic *stlokos?
Old Latin stlocus
Latin locus
▲
Latin -ō
Latin locō
Latin allocō
Old French aloer
Old French alouer
Proto-Indo-European *-yós
Proto-Italic *-ios
Old Latin -ios
Latin -ius
Latin -iader.
Old French -ance
Old French alouancebor.
Middle English allouance
English allowance
From Middle English allouance, from Old French alouance. Morphologically allow + -ance.
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