The ration or allotted quantum of provisions which each individual receives; and it is either double, full, two-thirds, half, or short, according to incidents.
·noun License; indulgence. II. Allowance ·noun Approval; approbation. III. Allowance ·noun <<Ackno...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
A small extra payment made to officers, and sometimes to privates, on active service in the field, t...
The Sailor's Word-Book
A sum paid monthly to warrant and petty officers not allowed to draw bills; and to seamen, marines, ...
When the provisions will not last the period expected, they may be reduced in part, as two-thirds, h...