"disallowance" meaning in All languages combined

See disallowance on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Etymology: From dis- + allowance and disallow + -ance; may be analyzed as dis- + allow + -ance Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|dis|allowance}} dis- + allowance, {{suffix|en|disallow|ance}} disallow + -ance, {{affix|en|dis-|allow|-ance}} dis- + allow + -ance Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} disallowance (countable and uncountable, plural disallowances) Forms: disallowances [plural]
  1. The action of not allowing, or of withdrawing allowance. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: disallowance-en-noun-esGzntzq Categories (other): English terms prefixed with dis-, English terms suffixed with -ance Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with dis-: 48 52 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ance: 56 44
  2. (law, politics) A power a higher level authority has to disallow particular legislation of the lower level jurisdiction; such as a federal government disallowing state/provincial legislation, or the crown disallowing federal legislation. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: disallowance-en-noun-lNmwvXP0 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with dis- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with dis-: 48 52 Topics: government, law, politics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: allow, allowance, -ance, dis-, disallow

Inflected forms

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