allowance
noun
an amount allowed or granted (as during a given period)
“travel allowance”
“my weekly allowance of two eggs”
a sum granted as reimbursement for expenses
an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances
“an allowance for profit”
Synonymsadjustmenta permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits
a reserve fund created by a charge against profits in order to provide for changes in the value of a company's assets
the act of allowing
“He objected to the allowance of smoking in the dining room”
verb
put on a fixed allowance, as of food
Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University