Allowance
Allowance noun - Something belonging to, due to, or contributed by an individual member of a group.
Usage example: as the war progressed, each family's allowance of sugar and flour was reduced
Proportion and allowance are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Proportion" instead a noun "Allowance".
Proportion
Proportion noun - Something belonging to, due to, or contributed by an individual member of a group.
Usage example: the players argue that they aren't getting the proportion of the league's profits that are due to them
Allowance and proportion are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Allowance" instead a noun "Proportion".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- part and allowance
- part and proportion
- commission and allowance
- commission and proportion
- cut and allowance
- cut and proportion
- lot and allowance
- lot and proportion
- amount and allowance
- amount and proportion
- allocation and allowance
- allocation and proportion
- quantity and allowance
- quantity and proportion
How words are described
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Proportion and Allowance. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/allowance/proportion
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Proportion or Allowance. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/allowance/proportion.
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