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allowance
Noun
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An allowance is money that someone gives for doing things, often for going to school.
Susan gets an allowance of five dollars a week.
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An allowance is a small amount of credit that someone gives to you.
Bobby's parents let him have an allowance of coins for playing games.
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Allowance is an act of allowing or granting of something by someone.
for
Preposition
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shows that something belongs to something else, or has a specific function
This cake is for you.
This is a net for catching fish.
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For is used to show the reason for something
He was angry, for he had never been called such terrible names before.
for
Subordinator
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For introduces a clause with a subject and a to-infinitive
It's not good for you to be too relaxed.
cash
Noun
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Cash is money in the form of bills and coins, rather than checks/cheques or credit cards.
The publisher supplied cash prizes and books for the winning essays written by fourth through sixth graders.
Payment is by cash, VISA, or MasterCard.
cash
Verb
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To exchange a check/cheque for money in the form of bills.
I need to stop at the back to cash my paycheck before we go out to dinner.