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Allowance made for American general (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

grant

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This could be a double definition.

'allowance made for american' is the first definition.
'grant' can be an answer for 'allowance' (both can mean money given to someone). I am unsure of the 'made for american' bit.

'general' is the second definition.
(I know that Grant is a general)

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for grant that I've seen before include "Allow (something)" , "Give (a right, property, etc)" , "cash allowance?" , "Present" , "yield" .)

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