daily allowance

collocation in English

meaningsofdailyandallowance

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daily
noun[C]
uk
/ˈdeɪ.li/us
/ˈdeɪ.li/
a person who is employed to clean someone ...
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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 ofdailyandallowancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Recommendeddailyallowanceis 1-1.5 mg/day.
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Prisoners, for instance, rebelled in 1997 to have theirdailyallowanceincreased.
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It is not adailyallowance.
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We had the contemptible offer of adailyallowance.
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The pelleted concentrates and hay were sampled whilst preparing thedailyallowanceand analysed for dry matter, crude protein, and neutral detergent fibre.
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One was a "fixeddailyallowanceof food served out for man or animal".
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This is complete nonsense, because we already have an adequatedailyallowanceto cover such costs.
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Thedailyallowanceis not remuneration for participation in the sessions.
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Thedailyallowanceof meat for men's messes is eight ounces a head.
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They do it on the relatively small amount of theirdailyallowance.
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An information service and a very staticdailyallowanceis provided.
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The maximumdailyallowanceof £52.63 increases to £105.28 where service exceeds 10 days.
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Thedailyallowanceis approximately £156 while travelling and approximately £115 while working at home.
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There is nodailyallowancefor those on jury service who are not in paid employment.
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Thedailyallowanceprovided for on the leave or duty ration card is six ounces.
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For those doing hard work there is an extradailyallowanceof 4 ozs.
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Adailyallowanceis then paid to the child migrant for up to 14 days spent in this country.
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They even pay for the teachers to go on the summer courses and provide adailyallowance.
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At the end of their service they have nodailyallowance, they have no pension, and they have no trade.
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The arrangement, therefore, will cover what amounts to only adailyallowanceto our distinguished brethren in another place.
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Five portions per day, or around 400 g of fruit and vegetables, is the recommendeddailyallowancefor a healthy and balanced diet.
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The existing arrangements under which the maximumdailyallowanceis £7, are believed to be reasonably satisfactory and no change is contemplated.
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Adailyallowanceof £78·50 is payable to those delegates who lose earnings or incur additional business overheads because of their attendance at the talks.
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An increaseddailyallowanceis given right down the ranks—brigadier, lieutenant-colonel, major, captain, warrant officer and sergeant—if they are accompanied by their families.
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This order, in addition to exempting the retainer, will also put the existing treatment of thedailyallowanceon to a clear statutory basis.
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