Money

Synonyms for allowance

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · noun · Reason line included

The sensenounTier 3, RidgelineMoney

an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances

An allowance for profit.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

adjustment

Same sentence, swapped: An adjustment for profit.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for allowance as it is used in the sentence above.

tolerance
compensation
budget

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Closest first: other money words at Ridgeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

clobbernounstuffinformal terms for personal possessionsRidgelineHas a reason line earningsnounpaysomething that remuneratesRidgeline satisfactionnounatonementcompensation for a wrongRidgeline assistancenounaidgift of money or other material help to support a person or causeTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line bundlenounpilea large sum of money (especially as pay or profit)TreelineHas a reason line buynounstealan advantageous purchaseFoothills referencenounconsultationthe act of referring or consultingRidgelineHas a reason line refillverbreplenishfill something that had previously been emptiedRidgelineHas a reason line

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