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ALLOWANCE (from "allow,' derived through 0. Fr. alouer from the two Lat. origins adlaudare, to praise, and allocare, to assign a place; so that the English word combined the general idea of "assigning with approval") , the action of allowing, or the thing allowed; particularly, a certain limited apportionment
In commercial usage "allowance" signifies the deduction made from the gross
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ALLO%AN, or MESOXALYL UREA, C4H2N204 or CO/NH C0NCO. an oxidation product of uric acid, being \NHCO/ obtained from it by the action of cold nitric acid, C5H4N403 + H2O + 0= C4H2N204 + CO(NH2)2. It crystallizes from water in colourless rhombic prisms, containing four molecules of water of crystallization, and possesses a very acid reaction. It serves as the starting-point for the preparation of many related substances. Zinc and hydrochloric acid in the cold convert it into alloxantin (q.v.), hydroxylamine
sulphur
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