Talk:Allowance

Global perspective needed; Different senses of "allowance"
$5 is not the right size allowance in all places or cultures.

Some of the articles linking to here are not about childhood allowances. --ScottDavis 02:32, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * You've precisely pinpointed the problem. I didn't think to click What links here. However all these other topics are outside my scope of knowledge.  I wouldn't mind reading an article that factored those into a global perspective. Nastajus 02:19, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

There should be a disambiguation page for allowance to include engineering allowance (related to dimensioning and tolerancing). This is defined as the minimum stated clearance or the maximum stated interference for mating mechanical parts. Germaldish 17:04, 12 December 2006 (UTC)


 * When someone gets around to writing the article about monetary allowance, I hope something will be included explaining how the law relates to minors (who are basically non-citizens or second-class citizens) owning posessions, even when the money that bought it was "theirs" but given to them by their parents.. in some cases, parents of even 17-year-olds have simply confiscated all the progeny's property... if it can be called property.

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 * The above comment about laws is likely not to apply in all jurisdictions. --Scott Davis Talk 14:13, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

Rewrite
This article is so messing, so vague and only from one perspective, die to that, I've begun to rewrite it at Talk:Allowance/rewrite. — Deco Da Man {talk} 03:19, 24 June 2007 (UTC).


 * I forgot to add here a few weeks ago that I expanded the rewrite and replaced the old version with it. — Lumbercutter 03:03, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

Historical Meaning
I frequently read something like "their allowance of £250 allowed them live comfortably" in Wikipedia articles about historical people (e.g. see the article about Oscar Wilde). So what does it really mean? Did they receive £250 per year? Per Month? Who paid the money? Could this income be inherited? What were the means to gaining such an income? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 138.251.194.12 (talk) 17:00, 14 December 2007 (UTC)