allowance (n.)
- abatement
- acceptance
- account
- acknowledgment
- adjustment
- admission
- agio
- aid
- alimony
- allocation
- allotment
- annuity
- apportionment
- appreciation
- appropriation
- approximation
- assessment
- assignment
- assistance
- authorization
- avowal
- bill
- bit
- bite
- blackmail
- board
- bounty
- breakage
- budget
- bulge
- cession
- charter
- chunk
- circumscription
- color
- commission
- commons
- concession
- confession
- consent
- consideration
- contingent
- countenance
- credit
- cut
- deadwood
- deal
- declaration
- decontamination
- deduction
- depreciation
- destiny
- deviation
- discount
- dispensation
- dividend
- dole
- drawback
- edge
- emolument
- end
- exception
- exemption
- extenuation
- fate
- favor
- fee
- fellowship
- footing
- gilding
- gloss
- grant
- grant-in-aid
- half
- handicap
- hedge
- hedging
- help
- helping
- imprecision
- inaccuracy
- incorrectness
- indulgence
- inexactitude
- inexactness
- interest
- kickback
- laxity
- leave
- liberty
- license
- limitation
- looseness
- lot
- measure
- meed
- mess
- mileage
- mitigation
- modicum
- modification
- moiety
- negligence
- odds
- okay
- palliation
- palliative
- part
- patent
- payment
- penalty
- pension
- percentage
- permission
- permit
- piece
- portion
- premium
- profession
- proportion
- qualification
- quantum
- quota
- rake-off
- ration
- rations
- rebate
- reckoning
- recognition
- recompense
- reduction
- refund
- reimbursement
- release
- relief
- remittance
- remuneration
- reservation
- restriction
- retainer
- rollback
- salvage
- salvo
- sanction
- scholarship
- scot
- segment
- setoff
- share
- slice
- softening
- specialness
- specification
- stake
- start
- stipend
- stock
- subsidization
- subsidy
- subvention
- sufferance
- suffering
- support
- tare
- ticket
- tolerance
- toleration
- tribute
- tucker
- vantage
- varnish
- waiver
- welfare
- whitewash
- write-off
allowance (v.)
- account
- aid
- bill
- bit
- bite
- blackmail
- board
- budget
- bulge
- cession
- charter
- chunk
- color
- commission
- consent
- countenance
- credit
- cut
- deal
- discount
- dole
- edge
- end
- exception
- fate
- favor
- fee
- gloss
- grant
- handicap
- hedge
- help
- interest
- leave
- license
- lot
- measure
- mess
- okay
- part
- patent
- pension
- permit
- piece
- portion
- proportion
- ration
- rebate
- recompense
- refund
- release
- salvage
- sanction
- segment
- share
- slice
- stake
- start
- stock
- subvention
- support
- tare
- ticket
- tribute
- tucker
- vantage
- varnish
- whitewash