allowance
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Is allowance a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of allowance?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (commerce) A deduction from the gross weight of goods, such as to discount their container's weight or per a custom differing by country.Examples: "Minus the allowance, the total came to thirteen tons."countableuncountable
2. (horse racing) A permitted reduction in the weight that a racehorse must carry.Examples: "On the Flat, an apprentice jockey starts with an allowance of 7 lb."Antonyms: penaltycountableuncountable
3. (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.countableuncountable
4. (obsolete) Approval; approbation.Examples: "[…]gave allowance where he needed none"countableobsoleteuncountable
5. (obsolete) License; indulgence.Examples: "this Allowance for their Transgressions"countableobsoleteuncountable
6. (engineering) A planned deviation between an exact dimension and a nominal or theoretical dimension.countableuncountable
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To put upon a fixed allowance (especially of provisions and drink).Examples: "The captain was obliged to allowance his crew."transitive
2. (transitive) To supply in a fixed and limited quantity.Examples: "Our provisions were allowanced."transitive
Definition source: Wiktionary