🇬🇧 Allowance meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

Allowance is the amount of something that you are permitted to have or use. It can be money your adults give you regularly, or a set limit, like how many cookies you may eat or how much time you can play. An allowance is not random; it’s a specific amount that someone says, “This is what you’re allowed.”

My bedtime allowance is one goodnight story, so I picked a book with eighteen chapters and read very, very slowly.

We were given a glue allowance in art class, which is good, because without rules I would have glued my pencil to my forehead.

My weekly money allowance is so small that even my piggy bank snorted and said, “Is that all?”

My allowance for questions at dinner is three, so I use them wisely: “What’s for dessert, can I have seconds, and can I have your dessert?”

Dad gave me a spending allowance at the fair, so naturally I bought the world’s squeakiest rubber chicken and zero useful things.

Every Monday, Anna waits at the kitchen table for her allowance. Her father drops coins into her hand; the allowance clicks in the jar. She splits the allowance: some for a sketchbook, some for a bus ticket, some for a cake for a friend. The allowance plan makes her smile. A tiny allowance waits in a bright jar.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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