expense allowance

collocation in English

meaningsofexpenseandallowance

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expense
noun
uk
/ɪkˈspens/us
/ɪkˈspens/
the use of money, time, ...
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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 ofexpenseandallowancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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He receives noexpenseallowance, but is of course repaid the expenditure necessarily incurred in connection with his official duties in accordance with normal arrangements.
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Those are all those with little capital and those who are denied theexpenseallowance.
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They find that theexpenseallowanceand the salary that they obtain compares very unfavourably with those of persons in other walks of life.
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He receives no salary and noexpenseallowance.
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His salary will be £5,000 a year, and he will have anexpenseallowanceof £500 a year.
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Does this apply to the tax-freeexpenseallowanceof members of another place?
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They have an annual bounty and a trainingexpenseallowance.
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The amount received inexpenseallowanceby directors of nationalised industries are published and known, and are relatively small.
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Anexpenseallowancewould give the impression that it is a tax-freeexpenseallowance.
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Therefore, it would be impossible to say with certainty that a given figure represents a tax-free allowance or, indeed, anexpenseallowance.
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It is a question of expense and of anexpenseallowance.
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I would call it an inadequateexpenseallowance.
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The amount of hisexpenseallowancehas likewise not been varied in respect of service at home.
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Theexpenseallowancein the rebate for personal pensions is necessary to compensate for the additional costs of administering fully individualised pensions.
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Theexpenseallowance, which will be given, will be related to actual expenditure in any one year.
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It does not matter whether it reduces the firm's tax liability by means of capital allowances or by means of anexpenseallowance.
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I am afraid that in a situation like that no kind ofexpenseallowancewill help.
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My noble friend also brought up the question of theexpenseallowance.
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For shorter periods they receive anexpenseallowanceand travelling expenses.
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Why not solve the miners' dispute by giving them anexpenseallowance?
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