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

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope