1
as in portions
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
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as in permissions
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
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Recent Examples of allowances
In response, central and local governments have rolled out various initiatives, from cash allowances per child to matchmaking apps, in an effort to boost birth rates.
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Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2024
Height limits will rise, setbacks shrink and density and lot coverage allowances will increase.
—Rigel Robinson, The Mercury News, 7 Dec. 2024
Commuting and parking allowances may help offset the sting of resuming commutes; so, too, can benefits related to child/dependent care.
—Jim Deloach, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
Every Saturday, my friends and I would go to town and consume as much Johnnie Walker, Absolut Vodka, and Goldschlärger as our allowances could afford.
—Bianca Salonga, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024
Further, families with an income below $100,000 will have tuition as well as housing, dining fees and allowances for books and personal expenses covered.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 22 Nov. 2024
Building the document out to cover all benefits and perks, deductibles, monthly allowances, and so on can help new employees have a great onboarding experience.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
That's an impressive feat, but the Live and Automated plans with those allowances cost $335 and $385 per month, respectively.
—PCMAG, 21 Nov. 2024
The company identified material weaknesses in its internal controls over financial reporting related to the review of allowances for credit losses and journal entries.
—Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2024
Height limits will rise, setbacks shrink and density and lot coverage allowances will increase.
—Rigel Robinson, The Mercury News, 7 Dec. 2024
Commuting and parking allowances may help offset the sting of resuming commutes; so, too, can benefits related to child/dependent care.
—Jim Deloach, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
Every Saturday, my friends and I would go to town and consume as much Johnnie Walker, Absolut Vodka, and Goldschlärger as our allowances could afford.
—Bianca Salonga, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024
Further, families with an income below $100,000 will have tuition as well as housing, dining fees and allowances for books and personal expenses covered.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 22 Nov. 2024
Building the document out to cover all benefits and perks, deductibles, monthly allowances, and so on can help new employees have a great onboarding experience.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
That's an impressive feat, but the Live and Automated plans with those allowances cost $335 and $385 per month, respectively.
—PCMAG, 21 Nov. 2024
The company identified material weaknesses in its internal controls over financial reporting related to the review of allowances for credit losses and journal entries.
—Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for allowances
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That said, the advice for users isn’t actually to monitor after the fact, of course, but to stop granting these permissions in the first place.Zak Doffman, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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The other permissions that should never be granted to any app unless absolutely necessary is Accessibility Services, which are system tools that can be abused by malware to take control of devices and their key system functions.Zak Doffman, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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Costs are rising, and insurers are using more controls such as prior authorizations and doctor networks to manage them.TOM MURPHY and DEVI SHASTRI, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Dec. 2024
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UnitedHealthcare provides coverage for more than 49 million Americans; it was named in October in a Senate report detailing how its denial rate for prior authorizations for some Medicare Advantage patients has surged.Michael Balsamo and Michael R. Sisak, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024
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Users may wish to do this for privacy reasons or, more likely, to recover capacity from their online storage quotas.Paul Monckton, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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Common structures include commission plans (where salespeople earn a percentage of their sales) or bonuses for meeting or exceeding quotas.Arnab Mishra, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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Those gifts were over and above the trust’s target percentages.Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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Broncos finish 12-5 or 11-5-1 and the Chiefs and the Chargers finish with worse win-loss-tie percentages.Joe Nguyen, The Denver Post, 3 Dec. 2024
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“Allowances.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/allowances. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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