extra allowance
collocation in Englishmeaningsofextraandallowance
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extra
adjective
uk/ˈek.strə/us/ˈek.strə/
added to what ...
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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 ofextraandallowancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Is anextraallowancepayable there?
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On what criterion would one give anextraallowance?
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She has been granted anextraallowanceof 2 cwt.
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There will be anextraallowanceof 2 oz.
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When they go in submarines, they get anextraallowance.
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That is why we make theextraallowance.
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In addition, it will also be possible for anextraallowanceof 4 oz.
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In certain circumstances the mandatory award provides for anextraallowancefor older students.
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In those days, everyextraallowancehad to be gone into in every individual case.
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I am not going into the talk about theextraallowancefor a child.
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They are blind students, who would get anextraallowanceas blind people.
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Then, quite rightly, the older pensioners wonder why they cannot have anextraallowance.
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We allow him theextraallowanceduring the first two weeks rather than make any deduction.
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Thisextraallowance, however, would make a great deal of difference to these old people.
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Being dissatisfied with the wages, he approached the management for anextraallowance.
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That will normally produce a balancing item and anextraallowancefor the business.
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At the moment people over 70 are given anextraallowance.
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I know that is recognised, and that we shall get anextraallowance.
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They claim that they should have been given thisextraallowancewhen there was a rise in food costs.
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This is anextraallowanceover and above the ration of food itself, which is very good.
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It then proceeds to point out that these powers were taken, and applicants were assisted by anextraallowance.
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One is to maintain the salary at £5,000 a year and give anextraallowancefor expenses.
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At £22 a week—£1,144 a year—the family will derive no benefit from theextraallowance.
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Assume that one in four of the soldiers applies for anextraallowancebecause the sum is not sufficient.
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