Allowance

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Regular pocket money. An allowance is money parents give their children at regular times, like weekly or monthly, so kids can learn to spend and save wisely.

For personal spending. Allowance is usually meant for a child's own choices, like buying snacks, games, or things they want, rather than for basic needs like food or clothes.

A money lesson. Parents use allowances to teach kids how to make good decisions with money and understand that resources don't magically appear.

Construction budgets too. Allowance isn't just for kids, in construction, it means an amount of money set aside in a contract for a specific part of the building project.