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  • Conjugation : past  allowanced ; ing  allowancing
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

allowance [ə'lauəns]
  1. 1. noun [c] (welfare payment) 津贴
  2. 2. noun (allocation) 限额
  3. 3. noun (for expenses) 补助
  4. 4. noun [US] 零用钱[英 = pocket money]
  5. 5. noun tax allowance 免税额
    to make allowances for
    [+thing,situation] 顾及到
  6. 6. noun [+person] 考虑到

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

allowance [əˈlaʊəns]
  1. 1. n.[c] 津贴补助
    The foreign travel allowance is $85 per day.
    海外出差补助是每天86美元
    A child's allowance should not be too generous.
    给孩子们的零花钱不应太多。
  2. 2. n.[c] 折扣折让
    Perks such as company cars and allowances for newspapers and TV are common.
    额外补贴——如公司轿车报纸电视补助等,是很普遍的
  3. 3. n.[c] 酌加额;酌减额
    At present, the allowance is only paid to people under the age of 80.
    现在津贴只对80岁以下的人发放
  4. 4. n.[c] 留量余量容差
    Each passenger has a maximum 20kg allowance per bag.
    每位乘客每个箱包最多允许装20公斤重的东西
  5. 5. n.[c] 估价准备金估价账户
    The company lost it's capital allowance on the excess on its investment.
    这家公司在其投资过多消耗资本储备金
  6. 6. n.[u] 允许准许许可
    He objected to the allowance of smoking in the dining room.
    反对允许人在饭厅吸烟的做法
  7. 7. vt. 分发……津贴派发……补助
    They were given one loaf of bread a bottle of milk per day as an allowance.
    作为一种定量供应他们每天获得一块面包和一瓶牛奶

Collins English-English Dictionary

allowance [ə'laυəns]
  1. 1. n an amount of something, esp money or food, given or allotted usually at regular intervals
  2. 2. n a discount, as in consideration for something given in part exchange or to increase business; rebate
  3. 3. n (in Britain) an amount of a person's income that is not subject to a particular tax and is therefore deducted before his or her liability to taxation is assessed
  4. 4. n a portion set aside to compensate for something or to cover special expenses
  5. 5. n [Brit] [education] a salary supplement given to a teacher who is appointed to undertake extra duties and responsibilities
  6. 6. n admission; concession
  7. 7. n the act of allowing; sanction; toleration
  8. 8. n something allowed
  9. 9. vt. [tr] to supply (something) in limited amounts

Examples

travel allowance
旅差费
We have the unspent vacation allowance.
我们有剩余的度假津贴。
The employees get a 200 Yuan food allowance each month.
员工可获得每月200元的餐费补助。
New designed die assemblies can guarantee the allowance less than 0.06 mm.
新设计的模具组件可以保证误差小于0.06毫米。
Jack saved all his allowance for a new microscope that can magnify cells' diameter by 100 times.

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