Allowance and Surplus

Allowance

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

Surplus and allowance are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Surplus" instead a noun "Allowance".

Nearby Words: allow, allowed, allowable, allowing

Surplus

Surplus noun - The state or an instance of going beyond what is usual, proper, or needed.

Allowance and surplus are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Allowance" instead a noun "Surplus".

Nearby Word: surplusage

How words are described

small small allowance small surplus
large large allowance large surplus
big big allowance big surplus
huge huge allowance huge surplus
Other adjectives: decent.
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