n. 25B6; noun
your baggage allowance : PERMITTED AMOUNT/QUANTITY, allocation, allotment, quota, share, ration, grant, limit, portion, slice.
her father gave her an allowance : PAYMENT, pocket money, sum of money, contribution, grant, subsidy, maintenance, financial support.
a tax allowance : CONCESSION, reduction, decrease, discount.
25A0; make allowance(s) for
you must make allowances for delays : TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION, take into account, bear in mind, have regard to, provide for, plan for, make plans for, get ready for, cater for, allow for, make provision for, make preparations for, prepare for.
she made allowances for his faults : EXCUSE, make excuses for, forgive, pardon, overlook.