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allowable

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al⋅low⋅a⋅ble

  [uh-lou-uh-buhl]
Use allowable in a Sentence
–adjective
1. that may be allowed; legitimate; permissible: an allowable tax deduction.
–noun
2. something, as an action or amount, that is allowed.
3. Ecology. allowable cut.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < MF alouable. See allow, -able

Related forms:
al⋅low⋅a⋅ble⋅ness, noun
al⋅low⋅a⋅bly, adverb

allowable cut

 
–noun Ecology.
the amount of a natural resource, as grain or oil, that may be harvested or taken from the earth within a specified period, as limited by law for conservation.
Also called allowable, permissible yield, prescribed cut.
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al·low   (ə-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.

    1. To admit; concede: I allowed he was right.

    2. To think; suppose: "We allow he's straight" (American Speech).

    3. 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 allaudāre, to praise (ad-, intensive pref.; see ad- + laudāre, to praise; see laud) and from Medieval Latin allocāre, to assign; see allocate.]
al·low'a·ble adj., al·low'a·bly adv.
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