allowance

お小遣い

親が子どもの小さな買い物のために、定期的に渡すお金。

やさしい英語で： Money given regularly to a child by a parent for small personal purchases.

• I get an allowance every week.
• She saved her allowance to buy a bike.
• Do your parents give you an allowance?

類義語： pocket money

よく使う表現： weekly allowance, get an allowance, spend your allowance

手当、支給量

人に与えられる、または使用を認められるお金や食料などの量。

やさしい英語で： An amount of money, food, or something else that someone is given or allowed to use.

• She receives a monthly allowance.
• The workers spent their food allowance on lunch.
• Does the job include a travel allowance?

使い方： an allowance of something (Each passenger has an allowance of two bags.)

類義語： allocation, allotment

よく使う表現： daily allowance, travel allowance, allowance of something

考慮、斟酌

特別な困難や事情を考えて、条件や判断を調整すること。

やさしい英語で： An adjustment made because particular difficulties or circumstances should be considered.

• Make allowance for his age.
• The judge made allowances for her difficult childhood.
• They made no allowance for the delay.

使い方： make allowance for someone/something (We should make allowance for her lack of experience.)

類義語： adjustment, concession

よく使う表現： make allowance for, some allowance for

利用枠、割り当て

特定の活動に使えるよう、人に割り当てられたクレジットやトークンの量。

やさしい英語で： An amount of credit or tokens given to someone to spend on a particular activity.

• My game allowance buys five extra turns.
• He used his allowance of coins before lunch.
• Your remaining allowance covers one more game.

使い方： an allowance of something (Each player receives an allowance of ten tokens.)

類義語： allocation, allotment

よく使う表現： allowance of tokens, game allowance, use your allowance

風袋控除、風袋

包装などの重さを除くために、商品の総重量から差し引く量。

やさしい英語で： An amount subtracted from the total weight of goods, for example to exclude their packaging.

• Subtract the allowance from the total weight.
• The allowance accounts for the heavy wooden boxes.
• Different ports used different allowances for packaging.

使い方： an allowance for something (The final weight includes an allowance for the crates.)

類義語： deduction

よく使う表現： weight allowance, container allowance, allowance for packaging

配給する

人に決められた量だけの食べ物や飲み物を与えること。

やさしい英語で： To give someone only a fixed amount of food or drink.

• The captain had to allowance the crew.
• The sailors were allowanced during the long voyage.
• They allowanced each prisoner to conserve food.

類義語： ration

よく使う表現： allowance the crew, allowance someone strictly

配給する

食べ物や飲み物などの物資を、決められた限られた量ずつ供給すること。

やさしい英語で： To provide food, drink, or other supplies in fixed, limited amounts.

• They had to allowance the water.
• Bread was allowanced while supplies were low.
• The officers allowanced provisions throughout the voyage.

類義語： ration

よく使う表現： allowance the water, allowance food strictly