Meaning

• Permission; granting, conceding, or admitting

• Acknowledgment.

• 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.

  "her meagre allowance of food or drink"

• Abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances

  "to make allowance for his naivety"

• A customary deduction from the gross weight of goods, differing by country.

  "Tare and tret are examples of allowance."

• A permitted reduction in the weight that a racehorse must carry.

  "On the Flat, an apprentice jockey starts with an allowance of 7 lb."

• A child's allowance; pocket money.

  "She gives her daughters each an allowance of thirty dollars a month."

• (minting) A permissible deviation in the fineness and weight of coins, owing to the difficulty in securing exact conformity to the standard prescribed by law.

• Approval; approbation

• License; indulgence

Meaning

• To put upon a fixed allowance (especially of provisions and drink).

  "The captain was obliged to allowance his crew."

• To supply in a fixed and limited quantity.

  "Our provisions were allowanced."