Allowable
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /əˈlaʊ.əbəl/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Allowable is an adjective meaning Appropriate; acceptable.
Meaning
Appropriate; acceptable.
More Meanings
- Intellectually admissible; valid; probable.
- Able to be added or deducted in consideration of something.
- Permissible; tolerable; legitimate.
- A permitted amount or activity.
- (obsolete) Praiseworthy.
Example Sentences
New HISA regulations, implemented last month, include strict rules about withdrawal times and allowable medication levels on race day.
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 […]
Word Forms
- allowables
Synonyms for allowable
Depending on context, synonyms include apposite, appropriate, apropos, apt, comely, commensurate.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include permitted, admissible, deductible, accepted, acceptable, allowed.
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