allowance

an amount allowed or granted (as during a given period)

• “travel allowance”
• “my weekly allowance of two eggs”
• “a child”

a sum granted as reimbursement for expenses

an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances

• “an allowance for profit”

a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits

a reserve fund created by a charge against profits in order to provide for changes in the value of a company''s assets

the act of allowing

• “He objected to the allowance of smoking in the dining room”

put on a fixed allowance, as of food