allowance

allowance
allowance [{{t}}ə'laʊəns]
noun
(a) {{}}Administration{{}} (grant) allocation f; {{}}Finance{{}} (for housing, travel, food) indemnité f; {{}}Law{{}} (alimony) pension f alimentaire; (for student → from state) bourse f; (→ from parents) pension f alimentaire; (pension) pension f; (income, salary) revenu m, appointements mpl;
∎ his parents give him a monthly allowance of £100 ses parents lui versent une mensualité de 100 livres;
∎ he gets a monthly allowance of £300 il touche 300 livres par mois;
∎ she makes an allowance of £1,000 a year to her nephew elle verse une rente ou une pension de 1000 livres par an à son neveu;
∎ rent allowance allocation f (de) logement
(b) {{}}Finance{{}} (discount) déduction f, concession f; (for tax) abattement m
(c) (entitlement)
∎ (free) baggage or luggage allowance (on plane, coach etc) bagages mpl en franchise;
∎ there is an allowance of one item of luggage per passenger chaque passager a droit à un bagage;
∎ what's the duty-free allowance? qu'est-ce qu'on a droit de ramener hors taxe?;
∎ {{}}Sport{{}} time allowance concession m de temps
(d) {{}}American{{}} (pocket money) argent m de poche
(e) (idioms)
∎ to make allowances for sb être indulgent avec qn;
∎ to make allowance or allowances for sth tenir compte de qch, prendre qch en considération;
∎ we must make allowance or allowances for the children's age il faut tenir compte de ou il ne faut pas oublier l'âge des enfants;
∎ you have to make allowances for inflation il faut faire la part de l'inflation;
∎ some allowance must be made for shrinkage il faut tenir compte du rétrécissement

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