"allowable" meaning in English

See allowable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /əˈlaʊ.əbəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-allowable.wav Forms: more allowable [comparative], most allowable [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English allowable, alowable, a borrowing from Old French alouable (Modern French allouable), from allouer. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|allowable}} Middle English allowable, {{der|en|fro|alouable}} Old French alouable Head templates: {{en-adj}} allowable (comparative more allowable, superlative most allowable)
  1. Appropriate; satisfactory; acceptable.
    Sense id: en-allowable-en-adj-mvS-F2VN
  2. Intellectually admissible; valid; probable.
    Sense id: en-allowable-en-adj-Ebm5eMO2
  3. Able to be added or deducted in consideration of something.
    Sense id: en-allowable-en-adj-hiK5wM~m
  4. Permissible; tolerable; legitimate. Synonyms (permissible): leveful
    Sense id: en-allowable-en-adj-yd0F4R-q Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 21 16 44 0 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 21 18 48 0 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 18 17 55 0 2 Disambiguation of 'permissible': 5 10 4 81 0
  5. (obsolete) Praiseworthy. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-allowable-en-adj-IcB7OSZp
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: allowableness, allowably, nonallowable, unallowable

Noun

IPA: /əˈlaʊ.əbəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-allowable.wav Forms: allowables [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English allowable, alowable, a borrowing from Old French alouable (Modern French allouable), from allouer. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|allowable}} Middle English allowable, {{der|en|fro|alouable}} Old French alouable Head templates: {{en-noun}} allowable (plural allowables)
  1. A permitted amount or activity.
    Sense id: en-allowable-en-noun-AWQttWeF

Inflected forms

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