basic allowance
collocation in Englishmeaningsofbasicandallowance
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basic
adjective
uk/ˈbeɪ.sɪk/us/ˈbeɪ.sɪk/
simple and not complicated, so able to provide the base or starting point from which something ...
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allowance
noun
uk/əˈlaʊ.əns/us/əˈlaʊ.əns/
money that you are given regularly, especially to pay for a ...
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(Definition ofbasicandallowancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Around 2.4 million people received abasicallowanceand 1.1 million people an additional child's allowance.
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In assessing needs we calculate thebasicallowanceplus age-related premiums.
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The sum has now been increased to abasicallowanceof £200 for the first-year student, rising each year as training proceeds.
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Thebasicallowanceper annum for the first-year student in training used to be £145, including £75 represented by residential emoluments.
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Thebasicallowanceis one bath or shower per week.
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One is to the abolition of thebasicallowanceof petrol.
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But assuming only thebasicallowance, it is £18,405 for a single person and £19,665 for a married man.
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Option 5 suggests that money be taken out of the factor in the formula for deprivation and put into thebasicallowanceper pupil.
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The 200 miles a month is less than it was last time for the private motorist—that is, thebasicallowanceplus his special compassionate allowances.
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All prisoners receive abasicallowanceof one shower or bath per week.
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This is worth up to £1,405 over and above thebasicallowance.
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I am not in favour of substituting abasicallowancefor the present system of permitted quantities.
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Of this total, about £8 million representedbasicallowance; about £2 million other allotments and about £4 million settlements by travel agents, etc.
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A married woman living at home aged 20 or over without dependants receives abasicallowanceof £14·80 per week.
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This will necessitate a reduction of thebasicallowancefor private motorists by one-third and a reduction of ten per cent in supplementary allowances.
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Those who only get thebasicallowancehave not a case for something more.
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Even with nobasicallowance, they get that advantage, but with the additional freedom, the advantage is the greater.
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Prisoners receive abasicallowanceof one bath or shower per week.
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People in that position might well be regarded as entitled to something more than thebasicallowancefor a single person.
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