The act of allowing or admitting.

Permission; license; approbation; sanction; usually — slight approbation.

Admission; assent to a fact or state of things; a granting.

Freedom from restraint; indulgence.

That which is allowed; a portion appointed; a stated quantity, as of food or drink; hence, in seamen’s language, a limited quantity of meat and drink, when provisions fall short.

Abatement; deduction; as, to make an allowance for the inexperience of youth.

Established character; reputation; as, a pilot of approved allowance. Obs.

To put upon allowance; to restrain or limit to a certain quantity of provisions or drink. Distress compelled the captain of the ship to allowance his crew.