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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 1.6 [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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