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rent
Noun
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Rent is the money you pay to borrow and use something, usually an apartment.
Have we paid this month's rent yet?
rent
Verb
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If you rent something, you pay money to use something for a limited time, usually for a house or apartment.
I'm in Texas next week, so I'll have to rent a car.
The room was rented out last week.
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.