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allowable

adj
/əˈlaʊ.əbəl/

Etymology

From Middle English allowable, alowable, a borrowing from Old French alouable (Modern French allouable), from allouer, equivalent to allow + -able.

  1. derived from alouable
  2. inherited from allowable

Definitions

  1. Appropriate

    Appropriate; acceptable.

  2. Intellectually admissible

    Intellectually admissible; valid; probable.

  3. Able to be added or deducted in consideration of something.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. Permissible

      Permissible; tolerable; legitimate.

      • New HISA regulations, implemented last month, include strict rules about withdrawal times and allowable medication levels on race day.

    2. Praiseworthy.

    3. A permitted amount or activity.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for allowable. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA