allowable

Etymology

From Middle English allowable, alowable, a borrowing from Old French alouable (Modern French allouable), from allouer.

adj

  1. Appropriate; satisfactory; acceptable.
  2. Intellectually admissible; valid; probable.
  3. Able to be added or deducted in consideration of something.
  4. Permissible; tolerable; legitimate.
  5. (obsolete) Praiseworthy.

noun

  1. A permitted amount or activity.

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