weekly allowance
Child's periodic payment
A weekly allowance is a fixed sum of money given on a regular basis, typically by parents to children.
The practice teaches basic financial skills—budgeting, saving, delayed gratification: She saved three weeks of her allowance to buy the game.
Adults may also budget personal spending as a weekly allowance: I give myself a weekly allowance for coffee and lunches.
- pocket moneyPersonal spending funds
- allowanceFixed periodic payment
- spending moneyCash for incidentals
- chore chartSchedule assigning household duties
- choresRoutine household tasks
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- rationingration stamps, coupon books, coupons, food rationing, gas rations
- allowancesallowance, pocket money, spending money, lunch money, housing allowance
- Nutrition Unitscalorie, calories, gram, milligram, microgram
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Compensation per year
one-time payment · lump sum · quarterly payment · quarterly bonus · one-time gift
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Fixed periodic employment payment
earned income · performance bonus · wages · commission · hourly pay
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Unanticipated lucky gain
lump sum · one-time payment · inheritance · lottery winnings
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