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 Rather, the law ties two practical allowances to Maryland’s recommendations rather than to federal guidance. — Adejare Atanda, Baltimore Sun, 13 Oct. 2026 OpenAI says Dot usage will temporarily not count against eligible users' plan allowances during the introductory period, with longer-term usage terms still to come. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2026 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

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Noun

The possible outages would affect portions of counties, not entire counties, the utility stressed.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2026
Scoop the cookie dough in small portions all over the top of the brownie batter, leaving space between them for the brownie batter to rise up during baking.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of portions

Noun

When the user reached out to Meta, a support staff member reportedly recommended disabling several settings, including mic and camera permissions.

— Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026
Depending on the app, its permissions and its privacy practices, that technology may collect or receive information about your device and location.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of permissions

Noun

That news knocked about 5% off its shares on July 27 and sent the cost of insuring its debt sharply higher.

— Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026
The Ellison family and RedBird Capital Partners are the sole holders of Skydance’s Class A stock, giving them 100% control the voting shares.

— Todd Spangler, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of shares

Noun

General guidance from the federal government states that HIPAA authorizations do not need to be notarized.

— Alex Rosenblat — CalMatters, STAT, 15 Oct. 2026
Americans are stuck in an endless loop of prior authorizations, high deductibles, and coverage denials while hospital systems across the country are barely scraping by.

— WCCO Staff, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of authorizations

Noun

Channels would connect different parts of the system, while the flexible fibers would regulate fluid movement and retain information.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2026
Witnesses told South Korean media that the attacker appeared to have knives tied to both hands and stabbed people in different parts of the mall while moving up and down the floors on an escalator.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 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

The country’s current immigration policies are controlled by people who believe that the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act, which ended exclusionary quotas against non-European immigrants including South Asians, needs to be rolled back.

— Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2026
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

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

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