allowance
n. 津貼,補助; 零用錢; 限額; 免稅額
An allowance is money that is given to someone, usually on a regular basis, in order to help them pay for the things that they need.
He lives on a single parent's allowance of £70 a week...
他靠每週70英鎊的單親家庭生活補助過日子。
She gets an allowance for looking after Lillian.
她因為照顧莉蓮而拿補貼。
A child's allowance is money that is given to him or her every week or every month by his or her parents.
Your tax allowance is the amount of money that you are allowed to earn before you have to start paying income tax.
...those earning less than the basic tax allowance.
那些收入低於基本免稅額的人
A particular type of allowance is an amount of something that you are allowed in particular circumstances.
Most of our flights have a baggage allowance of 44lbs per passenger.
我們大多數航班行李限重為每位乘客44磅。
If you make allowances for something, you take it into account in your decisions, plans, or actions.
We'll make allowances in the schedule for time off...
日程安排時我們會把休息時間考慮在內。
The raw exam results make no allowance for social background.
原始的考試成績是不受社會背景影響的。
If you make allowances for someone, you accept behaviour which you would not normally accept or deal with them less severely than you would normally, because of a problem that they have.
He's tired so I'll make allowances for him.
他很累,所以我會體諒他。
1. an amount allowed or granted (as during a given period);
2. a sum granted as reimbursement for expenses
3. an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances;
4. a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits
5. a reserve fund created by a charge against profits in order to provide for changes in the value of a company's assets
6. the act of allowing;
1. put on a fixed allowance, as of food
earnings, allowance, income, salary, wage, pay, fee
這些名詞都可表示"工資,收入"之意。
make allowance (s) for
把…考慮在內
酌情寬待
What is the baggage allowance on the flight?
該航班允許帶多少行李?
Our price has already made full allowance for the size of the order.
我們的報價已經考慮到訂貨的多少.
P: Could he get the normal free baggage allowance?
顧客: 他可以享受免費行李額 嗎 ?
Could you tell me what the maximum weight allowance is?
您能告訴我行李的最大重量限額是多少 嗎 ?
The allowance per passenger is 25 kgs.
每個旅客的行李重量限25公斤.