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allowance has 7 distinct synonyms spread across 3 of its 7 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. WordNet records no antonym for it — antonymy is a relation between word forms rather than concepts, so it is deliberately sparse.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
an amount allowed or granted (as during a given period)
“travel allowance”
a sum granted as reimbursement for expenses
an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances
“an allowance for profit”
a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits
a reserve fund created by a charge against profits in order to provide for changes in the value of a company's assets
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for allowance come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.