Allowance
Benefit
Benefit noun - A thing that helps.
Allowance is a synonym for benefit in allocation topic. Sometimes you can use "Allowance" instead a noun "Benefit", if it concerns topics such as gift.
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Both words in one sentence
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Lower-Class Lout: Mick can easily fit into this trope; he was a benefit's cheat claiming disability allowance falsely for years, and is incredibly tight with his money, usually only doing something outside the hotel if it's free.
Source: Series / Benidorm - However, while his doctors tell him that he must not return to work, the government's less accurate test states that he is fit for work and his only choice for benefits is Job Seekers Allowance, a benefit that requires he proves he's been looking for work.
Source: Film / I Daniel Blake
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