Clues for the word "ALLOWANCE"
We've had 22 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 51 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Mindfood Daily crossword on October 06, 2026.
Definition of allowance
- n. - Approval; approbation.
- n. - The act of allowing, granting, conceding, or admitting; authorization; permission; sanction; tolerance.
- n. - Acknowledgment.
- n. - License; indulgence.
- n. - 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, as of food or drink; hence, a limited quantity of meat and drink, when provisions fall short.
- n. - Abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances; as, to make allowance for the inexperience of youth.
- n. - A customary deduction from the gross weight of goods, different in different countries, such as tare and tret.
- n. - To put upon a fixed allowance (esp. of provisions and drink); to supply in a fixed and limited quantity; as, the captain was obliged to allowance his crew; our provisions were allowanced.
Referring Clues
- Stipend
- Per diem, perhaps
- Sanction
- Minor payment
- Pocket change
- Kid's stipend
- Payment to a 10-year-old
- Chore reward
- Concession - money for expenses
- Sum granted to repair ocean wall
- Financial support for a new local development
- Money for agreed expenses
- A cut restricts meagre grant
- A weapon receiving humble consideration
- A cut limits inadequate grant
- Making provision for pocket money
- Pocket money
- Look pale and cold, having plunged into the drink for a stint
- Concession from NATO? For one, that hurt
- Ration
- Amount permitted
- Concession made by the permissive?
Last Seen In
- Mindfood Daily - October 06, 2026
- Mirror Daily - September 10, 2026
- Daily American - September 04, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - July 15, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - July 03, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - May 06, 2026
- Daily American - April 23, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - November 06, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - August 22, 2025
- Mirror Daily - May 05, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - May 03, 2025
- Your Life Choices - April 20, 2025
- Mirror Daily - February 25, 2025
- Daily American - September 03, 2024
- Daily American - April 22, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - March 16, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - November 12, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 29, 2023
- Mirror Daily - August 21, 2023
- Mindfood Daily - July 30, 2023
- Mirror Daily - June 22, 2023
- Mindfood Daily - May 29, 2023
- Mirror Daily - February 01, 2023
- Your Life Choices - January 17, 2023
- New Zealand Herald - October 19, 2022
- Mirror Daily - September 09, 2022
- Daily American - September 03, 2022
- Mindfood Daily - August 29, 2022
- Your Life Choices - August 29, 2017
- Mindfood Daily - August 15, 2017
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