Limited or controlled by a fixed amount of something provided regularly, especially money or supplies.
From 'allowance' (from Old French 'allowance,' meaning 'approval' or 'a fixed portion') plus the past participle suffix '-ed,' creating an adjective meaning 'having received an allowance' or 'subject to allowance limitations.'
During the Great Depression and both World Wars, the word 'allowanced' took on heavy cultural weight when governments used rationing systems—calling something 'allowanced' meant it was officially limited, and this phrase became part of how people discussed fairness and scarcity.
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