Salary vs. Allowance
Difference Between Salary and Allowance
Salarynoun
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.
Allowancenoun
permission; granting, conceding, or admitting
Salaryverb
To pay on the basis of a period of a week or longer, especially to convert from another form of compensation.
Allowancenoun
Acknowledgment.
Salaryadjective
(obsolete) Saline.
Allowancenoun
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
her meagre allowance of food or drinkSalarynoun
something that remunerates;
wages were paid by checkhe wasted his pay on drinkthey saved a quarter of all their earningsAllowancenoun
Abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances
to make allowance for his naivetyAllowancenoun
(commerce) A customary deduction from the gross weight of goods, different in different countries
Tare and tret are examples of allowance.Allowancenoun
A child's allowance; pocket money.
She gives her daughters each an allowance of thirty dollars a month.Allowancenoun
(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.
Allowancenoun
(obsolete) approval; approbation
Allowancenoun
(obsolete) license; indulgence
Allowanceverb
(transitive) To put upon a fixed allowance (especially of provisions and drink).
The captain was obliged to allowance his crew.Allowanceverb
(transitive) To supply in a fixed and limited quantity.
Our provisions were allowanced.Allowancenoun
an amount allowed or granted (as during a given period);
travel allowancemy weekly allowance of two eggsa child's allowance should not be too generousAllowancenoun
a sum granted as reimbursement for expenses
Allowancenoun
an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances;
an allowance for profitAllowancenoun
a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits
Allowancenoun
a reserve fund created by a charge against profits in order to provide for changes in the value of a company's assets
Allowancenoun
the act of allowing;
He objected to the allowance of smoking in the diningroomAllowanceverb
put on a fixed allowance, as of food
