| 单词 | allowance |
| 释义 | allowance allowance // noun [C]
AUTO EXPENSE ALLOWANCE, CAPITAL ALLOWANCE, COST-OF-LIVING ALLOWANCE, DEPRECIATION ALLOWANCE, DISPLAY ALLOWANCE, HARDSHIP ALLOWANCE, INVESTMENT ALLOWANCE, PERSONAL ALLOWANCE, SUBSISTENCE ALLOWANCE, TAX ALLOWANCE
1 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: The company gives me a travel allowance. a low-income allowance for child care Their chief executive has negotiated a housing allowance of £250 000 a year. ⇨ WEIGHTING
a car/clothing/an entertainment/a housing/relocation/travel allowance ◆ to give sb/pay an allowance ◆ to be entitled to/claim an allowance
2 (Accounting ) (especially BrE) an amount of money that you can take away from your income when calculating the amount of tax you have to pay: The party wants to reintroduce a married couples' tax allowance. SYN TAX ALLOWANCE (BrE)
3 (Accounting ) an amount of money that a business can take away from its profit when calculating the amount of tax it must pay: the capital allowance for investment in plant and machinery
4 a possible future expense or change in circumstances that a person or a company pays or plans for now: The insurance premium includes an allowance for the effects of future inflation. You need to make proper allowance for marketing costs.
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