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

Pakistan has introduced a shortened workweek, cut fuel allowances for public employees, and taken a majority of government vehicles off the road.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

It will also slow down large, energy-intensive state projects and cut government vehicle fuel allowances by nearly a third, news agency Reuters reports.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

Raising small amounts of cash gave the enslaved people a chance to supplement their meager food and clothing allowances.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis