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Childhood's first paycheck, teaching that money is freedom rented by the chore.
means A regular sum of money given to someone, especially a child, often in exchange for chores or as a fixed budget for spending.
from From the Old French 'alouance,' tied to the verb 'alouer' — which braided together two Latin strands: 'allaudare' (to praise, approve) and 'allocare' (to place, to assign, the root of 'allocate'). So an allowance was once both a thing approved AND a thing apportioned — permission and portion in one word. The money sense, a measured amount set aside for someone, grew naturally from that idea of an assigned share.
- origin word
- From Old French meaning to praise or approve
- hidden curriculum
- Kids who earn it save more as adults
- radioactive cousin
- Engineers calculate radiation allowances in millisieverts per year
- royal version
- UK monarchy gets a yearly Sovereign Grant allowance
- tax meaning
- Personal allowances shield income before taxes apply
us child allowance — average $15-20 per week given by parents to ~80% of american children
uk child benefit — government payment of £21.15/week per child to uk families, since 1945
japan kodomo teate — ¥10,000-15,000 monthly government allowance per child under 15 in japan