allowable
About 2.79 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adjective Appropriate; acceptable.
- adjective Intellectually admissible; valid; probable.
- adjective Able to be added or deducted in consideration of something.
- adjective Permissible; tolerable; legitimate.
- adjective Praiseworthy.
- noun A permitted amount or activity.
Similar words
permissible permitted admissible deductible accepted acceptable allowed authorized creditable approved
Often followed by
to stress for in under as stresses deductions deduction
Word family
allowably
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