English-Thai Dictionary
allowance
N การอด ทน การยอ มท น kan-ot-thon
allowance
N ความคลาดเคลื่อน ที่ ยอมให้ เกิดขึ้น ได้ khwam-khlad-khluean-ti-yom-hai-koed-khuen-dai
allowance
N งบประมา ณ ngob-pra-man
allowance
N ส่วนลด reduction discount suan-lod
allowance
N เบี้ยเลี้ยง ค่าเลี้ยงชีพ ค่าใช้จ่าย bia-liang
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
ALLOWANCE
n. 1. The act of allowing or admitting.
2. Permission; license; approbation; sanction; usually slight approbation.
3. Admission; assent to a fact or state of things; a granting.
4. Freedom from restraint; indulgence.
5. That which is allowed; a portion appointed; a stated quantity, as of food or drink; hence, in seamen's language, a limited quantity of meat and drink, when provisions fall short.
6. Abatement; deduction; as, to make an allowance for the inexperience of youth.
7. Established character; reputation; as, a pilot of approved allowance. Obs.
ALLOWANCE
v.t.To put upon allowance; to restrain or limit to a certain quantity of provisions or drink. Distress compelled the captain of the ship to allowance his crew.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
ALLOWANCE
Al *low "ance, n. Etym: [OF. alouance.]
1. Approval; approbation. [Obs. ] Crabbe.
2. The act of allowing, granting, conceding, or admitting; authorization; permission; sanction; tolerance. Without the king's will or the state's allowance. Shak.
3. Acknowledgment. The censure of the which one must in your allowance o'erweigh a whole theater of others. Shak.
4. License; indulgence. [Obs. ] Locke.
5. That which is allowed; a share or portion allotted or granted; a sum granted as a reimbursement, a bounty, or as appropriate for any purpose; a stated quantity, as of food or drink; hence, a limited quantity of meat and drink, when provisions fall short. I can give the boy a handsome allowance. Thackeray.
6. Abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances; as, to make allowance for the inexperience of youth. After making the largest allowance for fraud. Macaulay.
7. (com. )
Defn: A customary deduction from the gross weight of goods, different in different countries, such as tare and tret.
ALLOWANCE
Al *low "ance, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Allowancing.] Etym: [See Allowance, n.]
Defn: To put upon a fixed allowance (esp. of provisions and drink ); to supply in a fixed and limited quantity; as, the captain was obliged to allowance his crew; our provisions were allowanced.
New American Oxford Dictionary
allowance
al low ance |əˈlou -əns əˈlaʊəns | ▶noun the amount of something that is permitted, esp. within a set of regulations or for a specified purpose: a seventy-five-pound baggage allowance. • a sum of money paid regularly to a person, typically to meet specified needs or expenses. • a small amount of money that a parent regularly gives a child. • an amount of money that can be earned or received free of tax: a personal allowance. • a reduction in price, typically for the exchange of used goods: he made the down payment with the trade-in allowance. • Horse Racing a deduction in the weight that a horse is required to carry in a race. • archaic tolerance; sufferance: the allowance of slavery in the South. ▶verb [ with obj. ] archaic give (someone ) a sum of money regularly as an allowance. PHRASES 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 made allowances for their faults. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French alouance, from alouer (see allow ).
Oxford Dictionary
allowance
al ¦low |ance |əˈlaʊəns | ▶noun 1 the amount of something that is permitted, especially within a set of regulations or for a specified purpose: your baggage allowance. • Brit. an amount of money that can be earned or received free of tax: a personal allowance. • Horse Racing a deduction in the weight that a horse is required to carry in a race. 2 a sum of money paid regularly to a person to meet needs or expenses: the elderly receive a heating allowance every winter. • chiefly N. Amer. a small amount of money given regularly to a child by its parents. 3 [ mass noun ] archaic tolerance: the allowance of slavery in the South. ▶verb [ with obj. ] archaic give (someone ) a sum of money as an allowance. PHRASES make allowance ( s ) for 1 take into consideration when planning something. 2 treat leniently on account of mitigating circumstances. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French alouance, from alouer (see allow ).
American Oxford Thesaurus
allowance
allowance noun 1 your baggage allowance: permitted amount /quantity, allocation, allotment, quota, share, ration, grant, limit, portion, slice. 2 she spent her allowance on paperbacks: payment, pocket money, sum of money, contribution, grant, subsidy, stipend, maintenance, remittance, financial support, per diem. 3 a tax allowance: concession, reduction, decrease, discount. PHRASES make allowance (s ) for 1 you must make allowances for delays: take into consideration, take into account, bear in mind, have regard to, provide for, plan for, make plans for, get ready for, allow for, make provision for, make preparations for, prepare for. 2 she made allowances for his faults: excuse, make excuses for, forgive, pardon, overlook.
Oxford Thesaurus
allowance
allowance noun 1 your baggage allowance: permitted amount /quantity, allocation, allotment, quota, share, ration, grant, limit, portion, helping, slice, lot. 2 her father gave her an allowance: payment, pocket money, sum of money, remittance, contribution, consideration, handout, grant, subsidy, maintenance, financial support, subsistence, benefit, stipend, pension, annuity, keep, upkeep, expenses. 3 a tax allowance: concession, reduction, decrease, deduction, discount, weighting, rebate, refund, repayment. PHRASES make allowance (s ) for 1 you must make allowances for delays: take into consideration, take into account, bear in mind, keep in mind, not lose sight of, have regard to, provide for, plan for, make plans for, foresee, anticipate, get ready for, cater for, allow for, make provision for, make preparations for, prepare for, accommodate, make concessions for; bargain for, reckon with, remember. 2 she made allowances for his faults: excuse, make excuses for, forgive, pardon, overlook, pass over, treat leniently, condone; rare remit.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
allowance
al low ance /əlá (ʊ )əns / (!( -ow-は /a (ʊ )/)) →allow 名詞 複 ～s /-ɪz /1 C «…の /…のための » (定期的な )支給額 «of /for » ; 〖名詞 の後で 〗…手当 ▸ a housing [family ] allowance 住宅 [家族 ]手当 ▸ I receive a living allowance of $200 per week from my parents .私は週に200ドルの生活費を両親から受け取っている 2 C (数量 重量などの )許容量 ; ゆとり (部分 ); (機械などの )あそび ▸ the recommended daily allowance of [for ] salt 1日の推奨塩分摂取量 ▸ a 2cm seam allowance 2センチの縫いしろ 3 C 割引, 値引 (額 ); ｟英 ｠(税金の )控除額 ▸ non-working partner's tax allowances 被扶養者の課税控除額 4 C ｟主に米 ｠(子供への )こづかい (｟英 ｠pocket money ).5 U C 許容, 容認 .m à ke all ó wances [(an ) all ó wance ] for A A 〈人 行為など 〉を大目に見る ; (あらかじめ )A 〈事 〉を考慮する, 見込んでおく (!allowance (s )を主語にした受け身が可能 ) ▸ make allowances for each other's faults 互いの欠点を大目に見る ▸ policies that make no allowance for public opinion 世論を考慮しない政策
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