Permission; granting, conceding, or admitting.
you sent a large commission to Gregory de Cassado, to conclude, without the King's will or the state's allowance
Acknowledgment.
The censure of the which one must in your allowance overweigh a whole theater of others.
An amount, portion, or share that is allotted or granted; a sum granted as a reimbursement, a bounty, or as appropriate for any purpose.
her meagre allowance of food or drink
To put upon a fixed allowance (especially of provisions and drink).
The captain was obliged to allowance his crew.
To supply in a fixed and limited quantity.
From Middle English allouance, from Old French alouance. Morphologically allow + -ance.
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Our provisions were allowanced.