allowance

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"

a sum granted as reimbursement for expenses

an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances; "an allowance for profit"

a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits

a reserve fund created by a charge against profits in order to provide for changes in the value of a company's assets

the act of allowing; "He objected to the allowance of smoking in the dining room"

put on a fixed allowance, as of food