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Please allow the children to select their own friends. 4
tolerate, stand (for), brook, sanction, countenance, permit,
consider, put up with: The headmaster refuses to allow such
goings-on at his school. 5 give, let (someone) have,
appropriate, grant, budget, earmark, assign, allocate, assign,
approve: The company allowed him œ100 a day for expenses. 6
make allowance or concession for, set apart or aside, put aside,
take into account or consideration; add; deduct: You must allow
at least an extra hour for the traffic during rush hour. The
shipper allows ten kilos for the weight of the container.
allowance n. 1 permission, toleration, tolerance, sufferance, admission,
concession, sanction; allowing, permitting, tolerating,
suffering, sanctioning, brooking, countenancing: There were
many causes of difference between them, the chief being the
allowance of slavery in the south. 2 payment, recompense,
remuneration, reimbursement, remittance: Allowance will be made
for all reasonable expenses. 3 stipend, dole, pin or pocket
money, quota, ration; pension, annuity, allocation: Bill gets a
liberal weekly allowance for expenses. 4 deduction, discount,
reduction, rebate; credit; tret; tare: You must make allowance
for the weight of the crate. 5 excuse(s), concession,
consideration: Allowance must be made for his poor eyesight.
alloy n. 1 mixture, mix, combination, compound, composite, blend,
amalgam, admixture; aggregate: Brass is an alloy of copper and
zinc.
--v. 2 contaminate, pollute, adulterate, debase, diminish,
impair, vitiate: Their external prosperity was not alloyed by
troubles from within. 3 change, modify, temper, alter,
moderate, allay: Gentle persons might by their true patience
alloy the hardness of the common crowd.
ally n. 1 comrade, confederate, collaborator, coadjutor; accessory,
accomplice; associate, partner, friend: I had hoped to have you
as an ally in my proposal for reorganization. The Allies
finally defeated the Nazi war machine in 1945.
--v. 2 league, combine, unite, join (up), team (up), side, band
together, associate, affiliate, collaborate, confederate: In
their attempt at a take-over of our company, the raiders have
allied themselves with two banks. We shall ally the Romans to us