Allowance

How it is used

Used in time study and standard time calculations. The common types are personal, fatigue (rest) and delay allowances, often written PF&D. Heavy, hot or tiring work gets higher allowances. People add, apply or set an allowance.

Example sentences

1. We applied a 15% allowance for fatigue and personal needs on the foundry jobs.

2. The standard time looks too tight because the allowance for machine delays was left out.

Common collocations

• fatigue allowance
• personal allowance
• PF&D allowance
• apply an allowance

Related terms

• standard timeThe time a trained worker working at a normal pace needs to do a task, including allowances for rest, personal needs and small delays.
• time studyA work measurement method in which an analyst times a trained worker doing a task many times, usually with a stopwatch or video, to set a standard time.
• performance ratingIn time study, the analyst's judgment of how fast a worker is working compared with a normal pace, used to turn observed time into normal time.
• work studyThe systematic study of how work is done, using method study and work measurement, to find better methods and set fair time standards.

This word in other fields

The same English word can have a different meaning in another field:

• allowance · Social Work

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