1
as in portion
something belonging to, due to, or contributed by an individual member of a group
as the war progressed, each family's allowance of sugar and flour was reduced
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
2
as in permission
the approval by someone in authority for the doing of something
without the official allowance of the school board, no organization can hold its meetings on school property
Synonyms & Similar Words
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of allowance
Iyanla Vanzant, the program’s host, chided Holmes for squandering much of her fortune, buying properties and paying allowances to hangers-on.
—
Daniel De Visé,
USA Today,
28 June 2026
At present, Wood’s salary stands at $504,799 per year with a $60,000 housing allowance and a 10% annual performance incentive.
—
Tarini Mehta,
Sacbee.com,
26 June 2026
Now Starmer is going due to unpopularity, largely self-inflicted, after policy errors including scrapping the pensioners’ winter fuel allowance, hitting small farmers with inheritance tax increases and appointing a close friend of the late paedophile Jeffrey Epstein as ambassador to Washington.
—
Ian King,
CNBC,
24 June 2026
In addition to his life sentences, Radford will forfeit all pay and allowances, be reduced in rank to E-1, and receive a dishonorable discharge from the Army, according to a statement from OSTC.
—
Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
23 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for allowance
Daniel De Visé,
USA Today,
28 June 2026
At present, Wood’s salary stands at $504,799 per year with a $60,000 housing allowance and a 10% annual performance incentive.
—
Tarini Mehta,
Sacbee.com,
26 June 2026
Now Starmer is going due to unpopularity, largely self-inflicted, after policy errors including scrapping the pensioners’ winter fuel allowance, hitting small farmers with inheritance tax increases and appointing a close friend of the late paedophile Jeffrey Epstein as ambassador to Washington.
—
Ian King,
CNBC,
24 June 2026
In addition to his life sentences, Radford will forfeit all pay and allowances, be reduced in rank to E-1, and receive a dishonorable discharge from the Army, according to a statement from OSTC.
—
Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
23 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for allowance
Recent Examples of Synonyms for allowance
Noun
-
Damaged or bruised portions of fruits and vegetables should be cut away, or the produce should be discarded, and produce should generally be refrigerated within two hours of purchase, per MCHD.
-
Temperatures are expected to climb into the 90s across a large portion of the central and eastern United States, with some communities seeing multiple days of hot and humid conditions before the Fourth of July holiday weekend arrives.
Noun
-
He was granted permission to travel to New York for the event.
-
What the Council's change adds is not access to green finance but permission to badge the whole enterprise, oil growth included, as transition.
Noun
-
Spending on Medi-Cal has more than doubled over the last 10 years, which the LAO attributes to an increase in costs per enrollee, more enrollees and a greater share of seniors seeking care, among other factors.
-
The two share 21-year-old sextuplets Hannah, Leah, Alexis, Joel, Aaden and Collin, as well as 24-year-old twins Mady and Cara.
Noun
-
Proponents of the authorization note that the $155 million investment arrives four years after a severe drought in the Sacramento Valley in 2022 had cost local communities hundreds of millions of dollars and roughly 1,500 jobs.
-
For example, California’s prior authorization reform bill, SB 1120, passed in 2024 unanimously.
Noun
-
The goal is to redirect human advisors toward the parts of a deal that require judgment and trust.
-
Asked Monday what the best part about being back has been so far, a big smile crept across Watkins’ face.
Noun
-
But, as is often the case with these kinds of monkey’s paws, the granting of a wish comes at a great cost—the wishmaker’s life.
-
In this age of excess and endless wish granting, self denial becomes a superpower and a necessity.
Noun
-
Then, alongside the civil rights movement of the 1960s, activists and lawmakers who saw the national quota system as racist pushed to replace it with one based on employment and family ties.
-
That’s why traditional metrics of sales success—quota attainment at bigger companies or impressive W-2s—aren’t enough on their own.
Noun
-
That describes cases in which a broker enrolled a consumer in an ACA plan without their consent.
-
Earlier this month, the court struck down a Hawaii law that prohibits the carry of a firearm onto private property that is open to the public unless the property owner gives express consent.
Cite this Entry
“Allowance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/allowance. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
