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allowance

[uh-lou-uhns] / əˈlaʊ əns /




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The recent quarter’s figure includes a $5.7 billion income tax benefit, or $5.33 per share, from the release of a valuation allowance, the company said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

The program limits hazard costs to the allowance for the next five years, starting end-June.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

If wedding guests exceed this limit in their gift to the couple, they must file a Form 709 — although there is a total lifetime tax-free gift allowance of $13.99 million.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 11, 2026

Other changes to the basic allowance for universal credit, paid to all claimants of the benefit, mean about three million families will receive an average increase of £120 this year.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

“And I’ll say different. The new game warden won’t make any allowance even if the deer was eating your garden. You just don’t shoot deer out of season no way. ’Specially a doe.”

From "Shiloh" by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor




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