food allowance
Daily eating budget
A food allowance is a sum of money allocated specifically for purchasing food, typically provided by an employer, government program, or institution.
Workers on business travel often receive a daily food allowance: The per diem includes a $75 food allowance.
Military personnel, students in boarding situations, and people receiving public assistance may also receive food allowances as part of their compensation or benefits.
- rationFixed allotted amount
- travel reimbursementMoney returned for trips
- subsistenceMinimal means of living
- basic needsRequirements for survival
- grocery budgetAllocated funds for provisions
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- allowancespocket money, spending money, lunch money, gas money, mileage
- military benefitsVA benefits, military pay, veteran benefits, base pay, health benefits
- clergy compensationsalary, stipend, parsonage, rectory, manse
- military paybase pay, military pay, basic pay, pay grades, pay scale
food allowancesalary
Fixed periodic employment payment
wages · housing allowance · travel allowance · clothing allowance · bonus
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Need for nourishment
food insecurity · food rationing · starvation wages · fasting · rationing
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