lowance Now dial.
(ˈlaʊəns)
[aphetic f. allowance.]
A limited portion of food or drink or its equivalent in money given in addition to wages.
| c 1565 R. Baker in Hakluyt Voy. (1589) 141 Our lowance waxt so small..it waxed lesse and lesse. 1612 Rowlands Knaue of Harts 36 You drinke too deepe, Your lowance you exceed. 1846 M. A. Richardson Borderer's Table-bk. VI. 199 (E.D.D.) Besides their lowance. 1881 Cussans Hist. Hertfordsh. III. Cashio 320 Beaver, lunch; in the harvest field, when supplied by the master, sometimes called 'lowance. |