01 n. Approval; approbation.
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Approval; approbation.[Obs.]
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The act of allowing, granting, conceding, or admitting; authorization; permission; sanction; tolerance.“Without the king's will or the state's allowance.” — Shak.
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Acknowledgment.“The censure of the which one must in your allowance o'erweigh a whole theater of others.” — Shak.
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License; indulgence.[Obs.]
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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.“I can give the boy a handsome allowance.” — Thackeray.
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Abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances; as, to make allowance for the inexperience of youth.“After making the largest allowance for fraud.” — Macaulay.
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A customary deduction from the gross weight of goods, different in different countries, such as tare and tret.(com.)