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Allow (v. t.)

To own or acknowledge; to accept as true; to concede; to accede to an opinion; as, to allow a right; to allow a claim; to allow the truth of a proposition.

Allow (v. t.)

To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; esp. to abate or deduct; as, to allow a sum for leakage.

Allow (v. t.)

To grant license to; to permit; to consent to; as, to allow a son to be absent.

Allow (v. i.)

To admit; to concede; to make allowance or abatement.

Allowable (a.)

Praiseworthy; laudable.

Allowable (a.)

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.

Allowableness (n.)

The quality of being allowable; permissibleness; lawfulness; exemption from prohibition or impropriety.

Allowably (adv.)

In an allowable manner.

Allowance (n.)

Approval; approbation.

Allowance (n.)

To put upon a fixed allowance (esp. of provisions and drink); to supply in a fixed and limited quantity; as, the captain was obliged to allowance his crew; our provisions were allowanced.

Allowance (n.)

A customary deduction from the gross weight of goods, different in different countries, such as tare and tret.

Allowance (n.)

Abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances; as, to make allowance for the inexperience of youth.

Allowance (n.)

That which is allowed; a share or portion allotted or granted; a sum granted as a reimbursement, a bounty, or as appropriate for any purpose; a stated quantity, as of food or drink; hence, a limited quantity of meat and drink, when provisions fall short.

Allowance (n.)

Acknowledgment.

Allowance (n.)

License; indulgence.

Allowance (n.)

The act of allowing, granting, conceding, or admitting; authorization; permission; sanction; tolerance.

Allowancing (imp. & p. p.)

of Allowance

Allowed (imp. & p. p.)

of Allow

Allowedly (adv.)

By allowance; admittedly.

Allower (n.)

An approver or abettor.