| allowance | | |
| n. (possession) | 1. allowance | an amount allowed or granted (as during a given period).; "travel allowance"; "my weekly allowance of two eggs"; "a child's allowance should not be too generous" |
| ~ share, percentage, portion, part | assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group.; "he wanted his share in cash" |
| ~ privy purse | allowance for a monarch's personal expenses. |
| n. (possession) | 2. allowance | a sum granted as reimbursement for expenses. |
| ~ reimbursement | compensation paid (to someone) for damages or losses or money already spent etc..; "he received reimbursement for his travel expenses" |
| ~ per diem | a daily allowance for living expenses (especially while traveling in connection with your job). |
| ~ travel allowance, travel reimbursement | a sum allowed for travel. |
| n. (possession) | 3. adjustment, allowance | an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances.; "an allowance for profit" |
| ~ cost-of-living allowance | an allowance for changes in the consumer price index. |
| ~ depreciation allowance | an allowance for loss due to depreciation. |
| ~ deduction, discount | an amount or percentage deducted. |
| ~ seasonal adjustment | a statistical adjustment made to accommodate predictable fluctuations as a function of the season of the year.; "seasonal adjustments for housing starts must be made in mid-winter" |
| ~ tare | an adjustment made for the weight of the packaging in order to determine the net weight of the goods. |
| ~ recompense | payment or reward (as for service rendered). |
| n. (attribute) | 4. allowance, leeway, margin, tolerance | a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits. |
| ~ discrepancy, disagreement, divergence, variance | a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions.; "a growing divergence of opinion" |
| n. (possession) | 5. allowance, allowance account, valuation account, valuation reserve | a reserve fund created by a charge against profits in order to provide for changes in the value of a company's assets. |
| ~ reserve account, reserve fund | funds taken out of earnings to provide for anticipated future payments. |
| n. (act) | 6. allowance | the act of allowing.; "He objected to the allowance of smoking in the dining room" |
| ~ tolerance | the act of tolerating something. |
| ~ permission, permit, license | the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization. |
| v. (possession) | 7. allowance | put on a fixed allowance, as of food. |
| ~ grant, allow | let have.; "grant permission"; "Mandela was allowed few visitors in prison" |
| expense | | |
| n. (possession) | 1. disbursal, disbursement, expense | amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures). |
| ~ cost | the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor. |
| ~ business expense, trade expense | ordinary and necessary expenses incurred in a taxpayer's business or trade. |
| ~ interest expense | interest paid on loans. |
| ~ lobbying expense | expenses incurred in promoting or evaluating legislation.; "many lobbying expenses are deductible by a taxpayer" |
| ~ medical expense | amount spent for diagnosis or treatment or prevention of medical problems. |
| ~ non-cash expense | an expense (such as depreciation) that is not paid for in cash. |
| ~ moving expense | the cost of moving your residence from one location to another. |
| ~ budget items, operating cost, operating expense, overhead | the expense of maintaining property (e.g., paying property taxes and utilities and insurance); it does not include depreciation or the cost of financing or income taxes. |
| ~ personal expense | the cost of personal or family living.; "some personal expenses are tax deductible" |
| n. (event) | 2. expense | a detriment or sacrifice.; "at the expense of" |
| ~ detriment, hurt | a damage or loss. |
| n. (possession) | 3. expense | money spent to perform work and usually reimbursed by an employer.; "he kept a careful record of his expenses at the meeting" |
| ~ expenditure, outgo, outlay, spending | money paid out; an amount spent. |
| ~ incidental, incidental expense, minor expense | (frequently plural) an expense not budgeted or not specified.; "he requested reimbursement of $7 for incidental expenses" |
| ~ travel expense | (frequently plural) expenses incurred by an employee in the performance of the job and usually reimbursed by the employer. |
| v. (change) | 4. expense, write down, write off | reduce the estimated value of something.; "For tax purposes you can write off the laser printer" |
| ~ depreciate | lower the value of something.; "The Fed depreciated the dollar once again" |
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