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Gene93 Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary
allowance
Hello,
I am trying to think of a verb to use in collocation with allowance (pocket money). If we give a child/a person less money, can we "cut someone's allowance down"? "If you don't wash my car, I will cut down your allowance." It sounds really bad to me. I was thinking of "reduce"|, but it sounds even worse. Any suggestions?
I am trying to think of a verb to use in collocation with allowance (pocket money). If we give a child/a person less money, can we "cut someone's allowance down"? "If you don't wash my car, I will cut down your allowance." It sounds really bad to me. I was thinking of "reduce"|, but it sounds even worse. Any suggestions?
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They both sound fine to me. If it is a one-time action, then we 'dock someone's allowance'.
- They both sound fine to me.
- If it is a one-time action, then we 'dock someone's allowance'.
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They both sound fine to me. If it is a one-time action, then we 'dock someone's allowance'.
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Gene93 If we give a child/a person less money, can we "cut someone's allowance down"?Since daddy lost his job, we will have to cut your allowance.
(not "cut down")
Now that you are older, we decided to give you a reduced base allowance, and then pay you for doing certain chores like washing the car.
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