See Also: allowable(dictionary)
allowable(dictionary)

allowable (iou)



allowable adjective. LME.
[Old French alouable (later all-), formed as ALLOW: see -ABLE.]
Praiseworthy. LME-E18.
Appropriate; satisfactory, acceptable. Long arch. LME.
Intellectually admissible; valid; probable. LME.
Able to be added or deducted in consideration of something. E16.
Permissible, tolerable, legitimate. M16.
allowableness noun (now rare) L17.
allowably adverb L16.