allowances
nounHow many syllables in allowances?
There are 4 syllables in the word allowances.How to pronounce allowances:
Definition of allowances:
- allowances (noun):
- an amount of money given at regular intervals
- a sum granted as a reimbursement or bounty or for expenses
- a sum regularly provided for personal or household expenses
Synonyms for allowances:
adjustment
allocation
allotment
allotments
allowance
allowance account
amount
annuity
apportionment
cuts
grant
leeway
lot
margin
measure
parts
pension
percentages
pieces
pieces of the action
portion
portions
proportions
quota
quotas
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- allegiance
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- allegation
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- afghanistan
- affixation
- aesthetician
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- aerophagy
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- adrenergic
- adoration
- adolescent
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- admittingly
- admittable
- adivasi
- adenoma
- additional
- adagio
- acyesis
- acupuncture
- actuary
- acquisitive
- acquiescing
- accusation
- accoutrement
- accountancy
- acclimatise
- accidented
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