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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Tolerance \Tol"er*ance\, n. [L. tolerantia: cf. F.
     tol['e]rance.]
     1. The power or capacity of enduring; the act of enduring;
        endurance.
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              Diogenes, one frosty morning, came into the market
              place, shaking, to show his tolerance. --Bacon.
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     2. The endurance of the presence or actions of objectionable
        persons, or of the expression of offensive opinions;
        toleration.
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     3. (Med.) The power possessed or acquired by some persons of
        bearing doses of medicine which in ordinary cases would
        prove injurious or fatal.
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     4. (Forestry) Capability of growth in more or less shade.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     5. the allowed amount of variation from the standard or from
        exact conformity to the specified dimensions, weight,
        hardness, voltage etc., in various mechanical or
        electrical devices or operations; -- caklled also
        allowance specif.: (Coinage) The amount which coins,
        either singly or in lots, are legally allowed to vary
        above or below the standard of weight or fineness.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
  
     6. (Biochemistry) the capacity to resist the deleterious
        action of a chemical agent normally harmful to the
        organism; as, the acquired tolerance of bacteria to
        anitbiotics.
        [PJC]
  
     7. (Immunology) the acquired inability to respond with an
        immune reaction to an antigen to which the organism
        normally responds; -- called also immunotolerance,
        immunological tolerance, or immune tolerance. Such
        tolerance may be induced by exposing an animal to the
        antigen at a very early stage of life, prior to maturation
        of the immune system, or, in adults, by exposing the
        animal to repeated low doses of a weak protein antigen
        ({low-zone tolerance), or to a large amount of an antigen
        ({high-zone tolerance).
        [PJC]
  
     Tolerance of the mint. (Coinage) Same as Remedy of the
        mint. See under Remedy.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Allowance \Al*low"ance\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Allowancing.]
     [See Allowance, n.]
     To put upon a fixed allowance (esp. of provisions and drink);
     to supply in a fixed and limited quantity; as, the captain
     was obliged to allowance his crew; our provisions were
     allowanced.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Allowance \Al*low"ance\, n. [OF. alouance.]
     1. Approval; approbation. [Obs.] --Crabbe.
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     2. The act of allowing, granting, conceding, or admitting;
        authorization; permission; sanction; tolerance.
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              Without the king's will or the state's allowance.
                                                    --Shak.
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     3. Acknowledgment.
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              The censure of the which one must in your allowance
              o'erweigh a whole theater of others.  --Shak.
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     4. License; indulgence. [Obs.] --Locke.
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     5. 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.
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              I can give the boy a handsome allowance.
                                                    --Thackeray.
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     6. Abatement; deduction; the taking into account of
        mitigating circumstances; as, to make allowance for the
        inexperience of youth.
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              After making the largest allowance for fraud.
                                                    --Macaulay.
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     7. (com.) A customary deduction from the gross weight of
        goods, different in different countries, such as tare and
        tret.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Allowance \Al*low"ance\, n. [OF. alouance.]
     1. Approval; approbation. [Obs.] --Crabbe.
  
     2. The act of allowing, granting, conceding, or admitting;
        authorization; permission; sanction; tolerance.
  
              Without the king's will or the state's allowance.
                                                    --Shak.
  
     3. Acknowledgment.
  
              The censure of the which one must in your allowance
              o'erweigh a whole theater of others.  --Shak.
  
     4. License; indulgence. [Obs.] --Locke.
  
     5. 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.
  
     6. 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.
  
     7. (com.) A customary deduction from the gross weight of
        goods, different in different countries, such as tare and
        tret.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Allowance \Al*low"ance\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Allowancing.]
     [See Allowance, n.]
     To put upon a fixed allowance (esp. of provisions and drink);
     to supply in a fixed and limited quantity; as, the captain
     was obliged to allowance his crew; our provisions were
     allowanced.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  allowance
       n 1: 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"
       2: a sum granted as reimbursement for expenses
       3: an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying
          circumstances; "an allowance for profit" [syn: adjustment]
       4: a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move
          within limits [syn: leeway, margin, tolerance]
       5: a reserve fund created by a charge against profits in order
          to provide for changes in the value of a company's assets
          [syn: valuation reserve, valuation account, allowance
          account]
       6: the act of allowing; "He objected to the allowance of
          smoking in the diningroom"
       v : put on a fixed allowance, as of food

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  allowance
     Αγγλικά n.
     επίδομα, οικονομική ενίσχυση

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  allowance
     n.
     1 permission; granting, concede, or admitting
     2 acknowledgment.
     3 An amount, portion, or share that is allotted or granted; a sum
  granted as a reimbursement, a bounty, or as appropriate for any purpose
     4 abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating
  circumstances
     5 (lb en commerce) A customary deduction from the gross weight of
  goods, differing by country.
     6 (lb en horse racing) A permitted reduction in the weight that a
  racehorse must carry.
     7 A child's allowance; pocket money.
     8 (lb en minting) A permissible deviation in the fineness and weight
  of coins, owing to the difficulty in securing exact conformity to the
  standard prescribed by law.
     9 (lb en obsolete) approval; approbation.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To put upon a fixed allowance (especially of
  provisions and drink).
     2 (lb en transitive) To supply in a fixed and limited quantity.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  allowance
     n.
     1 permission; granting, concede, or admitting
     2 acknowledgment.
     3 An amount, portion, or share that is allotted or granted; a sum
  granted as a reimbursement, a bounty, or as appropriate for any purpose
     4 abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating
  circumstances
     5 (lb en commerce) A customary deduction from the gross weight of
  goods, differing by country.
     6 (lb en horse racing) A permitted reduction in the weight that a
  racehorse must carry.
     7 A child's allowance; pocket money.
     8 (lb en minting) A permissible deviation in the fineness and weight
  of coins, owing to the difficulty in securing exact conformity to the
  standard prescribed by law.
     9 (lb en obsolete) approval; approbation.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To put upon a fixed allowance (especially of
  provisions and drink).
     2 (lb en transitive) To supply in a fixed and limited quantity.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  allowance
     n.
     1 permission; granting, concede, or admitting
     2 acknowledgment.
     3 An amount, portion, or share that is allotted or granted; a sum
  granted as a reimbursement, a bounty, or as appropriate for any purpose
     4 abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating
  circumstances
     5 (lb en commerce) A customary deduction from the gross weight of
  goods, differing by country.
     6 (lb en horse racing) A permitted reduction in the weight that a
  racehorse must carry.
     7 A child's allowance; pocket money.
     8 (lb en minting) A permissible deviation in the fineness and weight
  of coins, owing to the difficulty in securing exact conformity to the
  standard prescribed by law.
     9 (lb en obsolete) approval; approbation.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To put upon a fixed allowance (especially of
  provisions and drink).
     2 (lb en transitive) To supply in a fixed and limited quantity.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  allowance
     n.
     1 permission; granting, concede, or admitting
     2 acknowledgment.
     3 An amount, portion, or share that is allotted or granted; a sum
  granted as a reimbursement, a bounty, or as appropriate for any purpose
     4 abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating
  circumstances
     5 (lb en commerce) A customary deduction from the gross weight of
  goods, differing by country.
     6 (lb en horse racing) A permitted reduction in the weight that a
  racehorse must carry.
     7 A child's allowance; pocket money.
     8 (lb en minting) A permissible deviation in the fineness and weight
  of coins, owing to the difficulty in securing exact conformity to the
  standard prescribed by law.
     9 (lb en obsolete) approval; approbation.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To put upon a fixed allowance (especially of
  provisions and drink).
     2 (lb en transitive) To supply in a fixed and limited quantity.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  allowance
     Englanti n.
     1 salliminen
     2 määräraha, johonkin määrätyt (ajoittaiset) varat
     3 avustus
     4 kokouspalkkio

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  allowance
     Engelska n.
     1 tillåtelse
     2 ersättning, i synnerhet traktamente
     3 kompensation, gottgörelse
     4 ranson
     Engelska vb.
     ransonera, utportionera

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Allowance /ɐlˈaʊəns/
  العلاوة

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  allowance //əˈlaʊəns// 
  1. отстъпка
  a customary deduction from the gross weight of goods
  2. вземане предвид, отстъпка
  abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances
  3. признаване
  acknowledgment
  4. допускане, позволение, разрешение
  the act of allowing, granting, conceding, or admitting; authorization; permission; sanction; tolerance