Hypertext Webster Gateway: "allowable"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Allowable \Al*low"a*ble\, a. [F. allouable.]
1. Praiseworthy; laudable. [Obs.] --Hacket.
2. Proper to be, or capable of being, allowed; permissible;
admissible; not forbidden; not unlawful or improper; as, a
certain degree of freedom is allowable among friends.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
allowable
adj 1: deductible according to the tax laws
2: deserving to be allowed or considered
3: possible to allow; "a degree of freedom allowable among
friends" [syn: {permitted}]
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