verb
- giving someone a regular amount of money for expenses or personal use
Usage: present participle of allowance used as a verb; informal
Examples
- She’s been allowancing her teenage daughter $50 a week.
- The parents are allowancing their college student for textbooks and meals.
- He started allowancing his kids when they turned sixteen.
- They’re allowancing each child differently based on their needs.
- The company is allowancing employees for work-from-home expenses.