Allowance and Support

Allowance

Allowance noun - Something belonging to, due to, or contributed by an individual member of a group.

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Support and allowance are semantically related in retirement income topic. In some cases you can use "Support" instead a noun "Allowance".

Nearby Words: allow, allowed, allowable, allowing

Support

Support noun - A structure that holds up or serves as a foundation for something else.

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Allowance and support are semantically related in food topic. Sometimes you can use "Allowance" instead a noun "Support", if it concerns topics such as retirement income.

Nearby Words: supported, supporter, supporting, supportive, supportable

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better	better allowance	better support
small	small allowance	small support
extra	extra allowance	extra support

Both words in one sentence

This works... and the uncle marries his own cook, meaning he now needs the money to support a wife and can't give an allowance to Bertie's friend.

Source: Unable to Support a Wife
The plot often involves a Zany Scheme to gain the favour of some wealthy relative who can then give the protagonist an allowance to support his intended.

Source: Unable to Support a Wife
Marius's grandfather is (apparently) the father of two little bastards by his housemaid; he fires her, but pays her a substantial allowance to support them.

Source: Contrived Coincidence

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