Associations to the word «Allowable»

Wiktionary

ALLOWABLE, adjective. Appropriate; satisfactory; acceptable.
ALLOWABLE, adjective. Intellectually admissible; valid; probable.
ALLOWABLE, adjective. Able to be added or deducted in consideration of something.
ALLOWABLE, adjective. Permissible; tolerable; legitimate.
ALLOWABLE, adjective. (obsolete) Praiseworthy.

Dictionary definition

ALLOWABLE, adjective. Deductible according to the tax laws.
ALLOWABLE, adjective. That may be permitted especially as according to rule; "permissible behavior in school"; "a permissible tax deduction".
ALLOWABLE, adjective. Deserving to be allowed or considered.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King