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Vinony

allowable

adjective

  1. permissable
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /əˈlaʊ.əbəl/

adj

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

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

    “And first, although there were more things in nature then words which did expresse them, yet even in these mute and silent discourses, to expresse complexed significations, they took a liberty to compound and piece together creatures of allowable formes unto mixtures inexistent […]”

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

  5. Praiseworthy.

noun

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

  1. A permitted amount or activity.