an amount of money that is paid to someone regularly or on particular occasions by their employer or by the state, to help them pay for travel, food, somewhere to live or other expenses 津贴；补贴◆The company gives me a travel allowance. 公司给我发放差旅津贴。◆a low-income allowance for child care 低收入托儿津贴➡weighting ⨁a car / clothing / an entertainment / a housing / relocation / travel allowance 汽车／服装／娱乐／住房／搬迁／差旅津贴⨁to give sb / pay an allowance 给某人津贴；给津贴⨁to be entitled to / claim an allowance 有权享受津贴；索取津贴
() () an amount of money that you can take away from your income when calculating the amount of tax you have to pay （个人）免税额◆The party wants to reintroduce a married couples' tax allowance. 这政党想再次建议推行已婚夫妇免税额的措施。SYNtax allowance ()
() an amount of money that a business can take away from its profit when calculating the amount of tax it must pay （公司）免税额◆the capital allowance for investment in plant and machinery 工厂和机器投资的资本免税额
a possible future expense or change in circumstances that a person or a company pays or plans for now 预留额；预期的变化◆The insurance premium includes an allowance for the effects of future inflation. 保险费包括考虑未来通货膨胀影响的预留额。◆You need to make proper allowance for marketing costs. 你必须把适当的数额预留作营销成本。
➡provision (1) capital allowance cost-of-living allowance depreciation allowance display allowance investment allowance personal allowance subsistence allowance tax allowance