Antonyms for make allowance for
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : uh-lou-uhns |
| Phonetic Transcription : əˈlaʊ əns |
- abandon
- attend
- decrease
- deny
- disbelieve
- discard
- dismiss
- disregard
- divide
- drop
- eliminate
- erase
- estimate
- exclude
- fail
- forget
- grow
- guess
- ignore
- increase
- lack
- leave
- let go
- mark up
- need
- neglect
- pay attention
- raise
- recognize
- refuse
- reject
- release
- remove
- separate
- shun
- stop
- subtract
- take out
- unloose
- want
- withdraw
Definition of make allowance for
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.
- As in include : verb contain, involve
- As in consider : verb regard a certain way
- As in discount : verb lower, reduce cost
Synonyms for make allowance for
- abate
- accommodate
- add
- admit
- allow
- allow for
- analyze
- append
- appraise
- be composed of
- be made up of
- bear
- bear in mind
- believe
- build
- build in
- care for
- carry
- combine
- comprehend
- comprise
- consist of
- constitute
- count
- cover
- credit
- cut in on
- deduct
- deem
- depreciate
- diminish
- embody
- embrace
- encircle
- enclose
- encompass
- entail
- enter
- estimate
- feel
- have
- hold
- hold a sale
- hold an opinion
- implicate
- incorporate
- inject
- insert
- interject
- interpolate
- introduce
- judge
- keep in view
- knock off
- look upon
- make allowance for
- make room for
- mark down
- modify
- number
- number among
- rebate
- receive
- reckon with
- redeem
- reflect
- remember
- remove
- respect
- sell at discount
- sense
- set down
- strike off
- subsume
- subtract
- suppose
- take away
- take for
- take in
- take into account
- take off
- teem with
- think
- think of
- undersell
- view
- work in
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