Salary vs. Allowance

Fixed compensation for services, paid to a person on a regular basis.

The act of allowing.

A fixed amount of money paid to a worker, usually calculated on a monthly or annual basis, not hourly, as wages. Implies a degree of professionalism and/or autonomy.

An amount that is allowed or granted

To pay on the basis of a period of a week or longer, especially to convert from another form of compensation.

Something, such as money, given at regular intervals or for a specific purpose

(obsolete) Saline.

A small amount of money regularly given to a child, often as payment for household chores.

Saline

A price reduction, especially one granted in exchange for used merchandise

The recompense or consideration paid, or stipulated to be paid, to a person at regular intervals for services; fixed wages, as by the year, quarter, or month; stipend; hire.

To put on a fixed allowance

To pay, or agree to pay, a salary to; to attach salary to; as, to salary a clerk; to salary a position.

To dispense in fixed quantities; ration.

Something that remunerates;

Permission; granting, conceding, or admitting

Acknowledgment.

An amount, portion, or share that is allotted or granted; a sum granted as a reimbursement, a bounty, or as appropriate for any purpose

Abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances

(commerce) A customary deduction from the gross weight of goods, differing by country.

(horse racing) A permitted reduction in the weight that a racehorse must carry.

A child's allowance; pocket money.

(minting) A permissible deviation in the fineness and weight of coins, owing to the difficulty in securing exact conformity to the standard prescribed by law.

(obsolete) Approval; approbation.

(obsolete) License; indulgence.

(engineering) A planned deviation between an exact dimension and a nominal or theoretical dimension.

(transitive) To put upon a fixed allowance (especially of provisions and drink).

(transitive) To supply in a fixed and limited quantity.

Approval; approbation.

The act of allowing, granting, conceding, or admitting; authorization; permission; sanction; tolerance.

Acknowledgment.

License; indulgence.

That which is allowed; a share or portion allotted or granted; a sum granted as a reimbursement, a bounty, or as appropriate for any purpose; a stated quantity, as of food or drink; hence, a limited quantity of meat and drink, when provisions fall short.

Abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances; as, to make allowance for the inexperience of youth.

A customary deduction from the gross weight of goods, different in different countries, such as tare and tret.

To put upon a fixed allowance (esp. of provisions and drink); to supply in a fixed and limited quantity; as, the captain was obliged to allowance his crew; our provisions were allowanced.

An amount allowed or granted (as during a given period);

A sum granted as reimbursement for expenses

An amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances;

A permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits

A reserve fund created by a charge against profits in order to provide for changes in the value of a company's assets

The act of allowing;

Put on a fixed allowance, as of food