allowance
Permission; granting, conceding, or admitting.
Acknowledgment.
An amount, portion, or share that is allotted or granted; a sum granted as a reimbursement, a bounty, or as appropriate for any purpose.
Such a sum or portion granted to a family member or familiar, especially one's own child; pocket money for such a person.
Abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances.
A deduction from the gross weight of goods, such as to discount their container's weight or per a custom differing by country.
A permitted reduction in the weight that a racehorse must carry.
A permissible deviation in the fineness and weight of coins, owing to the difficulty in securing exact conformity to the standard prescribed by law.
Approval; approbation.
License; indulgence.
Thesaurus
Sound Patterns & Rhymes
Alliteration
Words starting with the same consonant sound — used in poetry and prose to create rhythm, emphasis, and memorable phrasing (e.g. “Peter Piper picked”)
Assonance
Words sharing similar vowel sounds regardless of starting letter — creates internal melody in writing