What a token allowance is asking you to permit
Allowances in Plain Words is the booklet the Thursday circle requests most. It describes a permission, not a coin.
A permission that can outlast the afternoon
When a Solana account grants a token allowance, it permits another program to move that token later, up to the amount granted. The impact of a very large or unlimited allowance is that a later move can empty that token without a fresh confirmation of the amount. The first confirmation was the allowance itself.
People confuse this with a single payment. A payment sends a quantity now. An allowance authorises a quantity that may leave later. The booklet draws that distinction on one spread, with a market example: paying for vegetables today, versus handing the stall a standing permission to take vegetables from your basket all season.
A calm habit
The guide suggests three pauses. Read the name of the program asking for the allowance. Prefer a limited amount when the wallet screen offers one. On a day when nobody is waiting, open the allowance list inside the wallet you already use and revoke entries you do not recognise.
We do not print contract instructions. Visitors who want a line-by-line reading of their own list bring questions to the desk, and they read the list on their own phone after they get home. The room does not tap through it for them.
An allowance you granted on purpose, to a program you still use, can stay. The booklet is about recognising the ones you cannot explain.
The evening circle reads this booklet on its own night. Ask for a Thursday seat if you want the pages read aloud with six chairs.