an amount of money that is given to somebody regularly or for a particular purpose 津贴；补贴；补助 an allowance of $20 a day 每天 20 美元补贴 a clothing/living/travel allowance 服装／生活／交通补贴 Do you get an allowance for clothing? 你有服装补贴吗？
Extra ExamplesShe spends her allowance on clothes. 她用津贴来买衣服。 The weekly allowance for each child is £15. 每个孩子 1 周的补贴是 15 英镑。 You may be entitled to a housing allowance if you are in a low-paid job. 如果你工作收入低，就可能有权享受住房补贴。 The grant includes a travel allowance of £60 and a book allowance of £250. 补助金包括60英镑的旅行津贴和250英镑的书籍津贴。 They receive an invalid care allowance for their disabled daughter. 他们为他们残疾的女儿领取无效的护理津贴。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- generous
- large
- meagre/meager
- …
- be entitled to
- get
- receive
- …
- allowance of
- allowance for
the amount of something that is allowed in a particular situation 限额；定量 a baggage allowance of 20 kilos 行李限重 20 公斤 Roman soldiers received a salt allowance, called salarium, the origin of the word salary. 罗马士兵得到一种盐津贴，叫做薪水，这个词的来源。 The recommended daily allowance of vitamin C is 60–90 milligrams. 维生素 C 的每日建议摄取量是 60 － 90 毫克。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- baggage
- tax
- holiday
- …
- be entitled to
- get
- have
- …
- recommended daily allowance
- (especially North American English) (also pocket money especially in British English)
a small amount of money that parents give their children, usually every week or every month （父母给孩子的）零花钱 - (British English, specialist)
an amount of money that can be earned or received before you start paying tax 免税额 personal tax allowances 直接税免税额
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French alouance, from alouer, from Latin allaudare ‘to praise’, reinforced by medieval Latin allocare ‘to place’, from ad- ‘to’ + locare, from locus ‘place’.
Idioms
make allowance(s) for something
to consider something, for example when you are making a decision or planning something 考虑到，估计到（如在制订决策或计划时） The budget made allowance for inflation. 预算考虑到了通货膨胀。 The plan makes no allowance for people working at different rates. 这个计划没有把人们工作速度不同考虑在内。
make allowances (for somebody)
to allow somebody to behave in a way that you would not usually accept, because of a problem or because there is a special reason 体谅；谅解 You have to make allowances for him because he’s tired. 你得体谅他，因为他累了。