English to Hindi Dictionary

Hindi meaning of allowance

allowance

/noun/ भत्ता; छूट; अनुमति; अनुज्ञा; आज्ञा; अनुमोदन; मुजरा;

Synonym benefit; discount; permission; license; commandment; approval;

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English Dictionary:

1. Allowance

[n.]

- Approval; approbation.
- The act of allowing, granting, conceding, or admitting; authorization; permission; sanction; tolerance.
- Acknowledgment.
- License; indulgence.
- 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.
- Abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances; as, to make allowance for the inexperience of youth.
- A customary deduction from the gross weight of goods, different in different countries, such as tare and tret.
- 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.