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allowable

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al·low  (-lou)
v. al·lowed, al·low·ing, al·lows
v.tr.
1. To let do or happen; permit: We allow smoking only in restricted areas.
2. To permit the presence of: No pets are allowed inside.
3. To permit to have: allow oneself a little treat.
4. To make provision for; assign: The schedule allows time for a coffee break.
5. To plan for in case of need: allow two inches in the fabric for shrinkage.
6. To grant as a discount or in exchange: allowed me 20 dollars on my old typewriter.
7. Chiefly Southern & Midland U.S.
a. To admit; concede: I allowed he was right.
b. To think; suppose: "We allow he's straight" (American Speech).
c. To assert; declare: Mother allowed that we'd better come in for dinner.
v.intr.
1. To offer a possibility; admit: The poem allows of several interpretations.
2. To take a possibility into account; make allowance: In calculating profit, retailers must allow for breakage and spoilage.

[Middle English allouen, to approve, permit, from Old French alouer, from Latin allaudre, to praise (ad-, intensive pref.; see ad- + laudre, to praise; see laud) and from Medieval Latin allocre, to assign; see allocate.]

al·lowa·ble adj.
al·lowa·bly adv.

allowable [əˈlaʊəbəl]
adj
permissible; admissible
allowably  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.allowable - deductible according to the tax lawsallowable - deductible according to the tax laws
deductible - acceptable as a deduction (especially as a tax deduction)
2.allowable - that may be permitted especially as according to rule; "permissible behavior in school"; "a permissible tax deduction"
tolerable - capable of being borne or endured; "the climate is at least tolerable"
3.allowable - deserving to be allowed or considered
admissible - deserving to be admitted; "admissible evidence"

allowable
adjective permissible, all right, approved, appropriate, suitable, acceptable, tolerable, admissible, sufferable, sanctionable It ought not to be allowable for anyone else to take the child.
Translations
allowable [əˈlaʊəbl] ADJ
1. (= permissible) → permisible, admisible
2. [expense] → deducible
allowable against taxdesgravable
allowable [əˈlaʊəbəl] adj
(= permissible) → admissible
(= non-taxed) [costs, expenses, deductions] → déductible
allowable
adjzulässig; (Fin, in tax) → absetzbar, abzugsfähig; allowable expenses (Fin) → abzugsfähige Kosten
allowable [əˈlaʊəbl] adj
a. (Fin) (expenses, costs) → deducibile
b. (behaviour) → lecito/a


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If it were not allowable for him to gain MY affections because I had no money, what occasion could there be for making love to a girl whom he did not care about, and who was equally poor?
It is absurd also to suppose, that a state is changed into an oligarchy because those who are in power are avaricious and greedy of money, and not because those who are by far richer than their fellow citizens think it unfair that those who have nothing should have an equal share in the rule of the state with themselves, who possess so much-for in many oligarchies it is not allowable to be employed in money-getting, and there are many laws to prevent it.
Had it been allowable entertainment, had there been no pain to her friend, or reproach to herself, in the waverings of Harriet's mind, Emma would have been amused by its variations.
 
 
 
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