allowance vs salary

allowance

verb
  • To put upon a fixed allowance (especially of provisions and drink). 

  • To supply in a fixed and limited quantity. 

noun
  • Permission; granting, conceding, or admitting 

  • A permissible deviation in the fineness and weight of coins, owing to the difficulty in securing exact conformity to the standard prescribed by law. 

  • A planned deviation between an exact dimension and a nominal or theoretical dimension. 

  • Acknowledgment. 

  • A child's allowance; pocket money. 

  • Abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances 

  • An amount, portion, or share that is allotted or granted; a sum granted as a reimbursement, a bounty, or as appropriate for any purpose 

  • A permitted reduction in the weight that a racehorse must carry. 

  • A customary deduction from the gross weight of goods, differing by country. 

salary

verb
  • To pay on the basis of a period of a week or longer, especially to convert from another form of compensation. 

noun
  • A fixed amount of money paid to a worker, usually calculated on a monthly or annual basis, not hourly, as wages. Implies a degree of professionalism and/or autonomy. 

How often have the words allowance and salary occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )