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hardship
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noun
(= adversity)
a state of misfortune or affliction
debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity
a life of hardship
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noun
(= asperity)
something hard to endure
the asperity of northern winters
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noun
something that causes or entails suffering
I cannot think it a hardship that more indulgence is allowed to men than to women
— James Boswell
the many hardships of frontier life
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.