ALLOWANCES Synonyms: 79 Similar and Opposite Words

allowances

noun

plural of allowance

as in portions

something belonging to, due to, or contributed by an individual member of a group as the war progressed, each family's allowance of sugar and flour was reduced

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as in permissions

the approval by someone in authority for the doing of something without the official allowance of the school board, no organization can hold its meetings on school property

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Recent Examples of allowances Pay supplements and expense allowances boost their earnings to about $82,000 before taxes and other deductions, according to a Miami Herald review of payroll records. — Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 8 Oct. 2026 Each year, fewer allowances are created, lowering the total annual climate pollution in the state. — Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026 The credits are funded by allowances purchased by companies that emit large amounts of climate pollution. — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 22 Sep. 2026 Matthews then emphasized that his family’s national prominence required special security allowances. — Stefania Conrieri, Vanity Fair, 21 Sep. 2026 Eleven Swiss cantons have introduced birth allowances over the years, and one study found that the payments increased fertility, mainly among lower-income immigrants, but the effect quickly faded. — Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026 Similar efforts across the globe reduce child poverty with child allowances. — Mona Hanna, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2026 Excludes allowances, employer superannuation, travel and vehicles. — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026 The government ministers who will receive raises are elected lawmakers who lead ministries and help make national policies, while allowances for other lawmakers also will increase. — ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026

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Noun

This year, lingering warmth could disrupt or shorten the fall foliage window for large portions of the country.

— Jeanne Bonner, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2026
Tishman’s people have spent the past few years sprucing up Rockefeller Center — the oldest portions of which are comparable in age to the Chrysler Building, though they’ve been better maintained — and trying to make its retail spaces more of a draw.

— Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of portions

Noun

Only governments, tribal governments, and charities can make these stock gifts, so billionaires have to move their shares into a charity first.

— Sydney Lake, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026
This position enabled a client to make a charitable gift of more than $100,000 earlier this year through the transfer of 700 shares that originally cost less than $1,800, Clapp said.

— Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of shares

Noun

Some of his employees with work authorizations left the country due to fear over how they would be treated by federal officers.

— Alex Harring, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026
However, Wolfspeed said the transaction remains subject to substantial due diligence, government authorizations, final agreements, and other closing conditions.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of authorizations

Noun

And, as is the case in other parts of Europe, the real estate market in Hungary is cyclical.

— Lucy Handley, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026
To add to the dire situation, up to 80% of large parts of the city’s groundwater is contaminated, both by sewage and by naturally occurring substances such as arsenic.

— Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of parts

Noun

Licenses and permits, including a sales tax permit if products will be sold, also may be required.

— Metro Creative Services, Boston Herald, 6 Apr. 2026
On Monday, the Overland Park City Council will look at special events permits for the farmers market to take place this spring and summer — including issuing a special events permit for the market’s new location, 7950 Marty Street, starting in early June.

— Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 31 Jan. 2026

Definition of permits

Noun

Territories needed to be assigned, quotas had to be set, and compensation needed to be calculated accurately and paid on time.

— Arnab Mishra, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Responses with the error were discarded, as were voters who had already been attempted, and quotas were reset.

— New York Times, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of quotas

Noun

For those with an eye on the future and a mindset of settlement and creating homes for others, planning and consents are in place for 400 new beachfront properties.

— Nielsen Dinwoodie, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
This means cost-sharing for stormwater improvements will continue to be structured by the 83/17 split for decades to come – unless GLWA consents to renegotiating the deal.

— Nicole Van Lier, The Conversation, 13 May 2026

Definition of consents

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