How to say "allowance" in Japanese

• 付与ふよCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbThe head sense is 'grant' or 'bestowal': conferring something such as rights or benefits, as in contracts and administrative rules. As a translation of 'allowance' it is marginal, and it does not refer to money for living expenses.
  この社会しゃかいが若わかさということにそのような感情的かんじょうてき特権とっけんを付与ふよするというのは誤解ごかいを引き起ひきおこしやすいと思おもう。↗

  I find it apt to cause misunderstanding that society confers such emotional privileges upon youth.
• 許容きょようJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbCovers 'allowance' only in the sense of permission or tolerance: an amount or degree that is permitted or accepted within limits, as in rules and specifications. It is not about money changing hands.
  すべての職業しょくぎょうが女性じょせいに開ひらかれるべきだ、というのは今いまや完全かんぜんに許容きょようされている考かんがえ。↗

  It is now a fully accepted idea that all occupations should be open to women.
• 仕送りしおくりCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbThe word for an allowance sent to someone: money regularly remitted to cover a person's living expenses, typically by parents supporting a student or family member living elsewhere.
  私は月々つきづき５万ごまん円えんの仕送しおくりを受うける。↗

  I am given a monthly allowance of fifty thousand yen.
• 余裕よゆうJLPT N3approx.Common
  nounThe abstract sense: margin, leeway, or room — spare time, money, or space kept in reserve, as when you leave an allowance for delays. It refers to the slack itself, not a payment.
  車くるまを持もつ余裕よゆうはないな。↗

  I cannot afford to keep a car.
• 支給しきゅうJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbAn allowance in the sense of a payment: money or goods provided or supplied to someone by a company, school, or other organization, as in payroll and benefit administration.
  私わたしたちは制服せいふくを支給しきゅうされた。↗

  We were supplied with uniforms.

For money sent to support someone use 「仕送り」; for a payment made by an organization use 支給; 付与 means granting, 許容 a permitted limit, and 余裕 margin or leeway.

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• 付与ふよgrant
• 許容きょようpermission
• 仕送りしおくりallowance
• 余裕よゆうsurplus
• 支給しきゅうprovision
• 手当てあてsalary
• ゆとりelbowroom
• 小遣いこづかいpocket money
• お小遣いおこづかいpocket money
• 支給額しきゅうがくallowance
• アローワンスallowance
• 手心てごころdiscretion
• 給付金きゅうふきん(state) benefit
• 小遣い銭こづかいせんpocket money
• 給与きゅうよallowance
• 勘定かんじょうconsideration
• 公差こうさtolerance (in engineering, manufacturing, etc.)
• 糊代のりしろelbowroom