allowance

Example Sentences

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The benefits ranged from universal credit, pension credit to carer's allowance and warm homes discount.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

Michelle said the Welsh government needed to put pressure on the UK government, which makes decisions on the carer's allowance, to help support people in Wales.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

Multiple purchases can be made during the assigned two-day window until the maximum ticket allowance has been reached.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

Your father made sure you earned your allowance, and you got your first sense of what it was like to contribute to the household and — critically — be a stakeholder.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026

Prosper's allowance hadn't lasted long, and after the second night Bo had already started coughing so badly that Prosper had taken him by the hand to go and find a policeman.

From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke