allowance

Example Sentences

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Motability enables disabled people who have issues getting around to exchange their higher-rate mobility allowance for a new car.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

Michelle Rees, 45, from Crynant, Neath Port Talbot, said the carer's allowance she received left her unable to afford to eat breakfast.

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

That’s why Kyle Keeley had fifty cents deducted from his allowance for the rest of the year.

From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein