allowable

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
18
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/əˈlaʊ.əbəl/

Definition of allowable

6 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Appropriate; acceptable.
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adj

  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. (obsolete)Praiseworthy.

noun

  1. A permitted amount or activity.

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Etymology

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

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