Antonyms for allowances

Grammar : Noun

Spell : uh-lou-uhns

Phonetic Transcription : əˈlaʊ əns

Definition of allowances

Origin : late 14c., "praise" (a sense now obsolete), from Old French aloance "allowance, granting, allocation," from alouer (see allow). Sense of "a sum alloted to meet expenses" is from c.1400. In accounts, meaning "a sum placed to one's credit" is attested from 1520s. To make allowances is literally to add or deduct a sum from someone's account for some special circumstance. Figurative use of the phrase is attested from 1670s.

noun amount of money or other supply
noun discount; concession

Example sentences :

But there is one task-master who knows no mercy and makes no allowances.
Extract from : « The Slave Of The Lamp » by Henry Seton Merriman

“Oh, well, allowances should be made for a tenderfoot,” she bantered.
Extract from : « Out of the Depths » by Robert Ames Bennet

Allowances have to be made for the hostility of circumstances.
Extract from : « Bulgaria » by Frank Fox

To do them justice, Englishmen seldom forget that allowances must be made for foreigners.
Extract from : « Tristram of Blent » by Anthony Hope

It was necessary to make some allowances; and the feet, as I understand it, are free members.
Extract from : « O Pioneers! » by Willa Cather

These lights, or candle of l. 839, would be only part of the allowances.
Extract from : « Early English Meals and Manners » by Various

How long Squires shall have allowances, and Fire shall burn in the Hall.
Extract from : « Early English Meals and Manners » by Various

Unless one had allowances from friends, starvation might be the end.
Extract from : « The History of London » by Walter Besant

A Fellow was entitled to his commons, and, in addition, to allowances of 13s.
Extract from : « St. John's College, Cambridge » by Robert Forsyth Scott

But the duke cannot stand this open affiche, and withdraws his allowances.
Extract from : « A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 » by George Saintsbury

Synonyms for allowances

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