allowances

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Tweens can create simple budgets for their allowances and map out savings goals, like how many weeks it would take to save for a videogame, and what the tradeoffs are.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026

The system, in place since 2005, includes a market-stability reserve aimed at ensuring prices for those emissions allowances remain broadly stable.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Manufacturers would also receive roomier benchmarks for free allowances.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

It has also slowed down large, energy-intensive state projects and cut government vehicle fuel allowances by nearly a third.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

And she calculated needing that long to save her weekly allowances.

From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg