The car allowance was a really good example because it is very common here in the US. Also, many companies offer childcare allowance or medical expense allowance to their employees. It would be like an amount that the company puts aside that the employee could use if needed but only for that reason. I guess if someone gets a housekeeper allowance then they are highly prized.
Housekeeper is generally used for a maid while homemaker would refer to a stay-at-home mom or wife. It would be comically insulting to call someone's mom or wife a housekeeper.
To just say "child" allowance seems odd to me though. It could be that someone is helping someone else create a budget or maybe the above case is for a divorce or legal separation case like Sandra mentioned.
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