Scrabble & Words with friends points
- allowance is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 14
- allowance is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 14
- allowance is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 18
Definition of allowance
- an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances (noun)
Examples
- an allowance for profit
Synonyms
- adjustment
- a reserve fund created by a charge against profits in order to provide for changes in the value of a company's assets (noun)
Synonyms
- allowance account
- valuation account
- valuation reserve
- a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits (noun)
Synonyms
- leeway
- margin
- tolerance
- an amount allowed or granted (as during a given period) (noun)
Examples
- travel allowance
- my weekly allowance of two eggs
- a child's allowance should not be too generous
- a sum granted as reimbursement for expenses (noun)
- put on a fixed allowance, as of food (verb)
- the act of allowing (noun)
Examples
- He objected to the allowance of smoking in the dining room
See definition of allowance in Merriam Webster