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