How to pronounce allowances

Listen to allowances in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.

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“allowances” in real sentences

551 clips in the index · 57 American · 396 British · 4 New Zealand. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.

  1. and reclaim overallocated allowances.

    The Scottish Parliament · hear it here

  2. tier one and tier 2 allowances so tier one allowances are those um activities that have

    FEMA · hear it here

  3. It always impressed me that they were given small allowances for meals, but large allowances for,

    The Diary Of A CEO · hear it here

  4. awaiting details of the financial allowances.

    The Scottish Parliament · hear it here

Why real speech

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