A writ authorizing the Exchequer to set off a particular sum paid to a third party or owed by the king to the debtor against money or moneys owed to…

A fixed sum of money provided for expenses; spec. a regular fixed sum given by a parent, guardian, etc., to a person who has no other significant…

An allowance given to a soldier for food and drink. Obsolete. rare.

Scottish and English regional (northern). An allowance, a supply. Also as a mass noun: the action of allowing or granting something.

The action of allowing or admitting an item in an account; an instance of this. Also: the item so allowed; an allowance; (sometimes) spec. a portion…

Chiefly Scots Law. Provision for the maintenance of a person; an allowance or pension. Cf. alimony, n. 2.

An allowance of money, food, etc., made to an individual or group; an allocation; a ration. Cf. allowance, n. 2. Now rare.

money provided as an allowance (sense 2a).

An allowance paid to anyone, especially to a public officer. Obsolete.