adj. Able to be added or deducted in consideration of something.
adj. Permissible; tolerable; legitimate.
adj. Praiseworthy.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Praiseworthy; laudable.
adj. Proper to be, or capable of being, allowed; permissible; admissible; not forbidden; not unlawful or improper.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Proper to be or capable of being allowed or permitted; not forbidden; legitimate; permissible: as, a certain degree of freedom is allowable among friends.
Praiseworthy; laudable; worthy of sanction or approval; satisfactory; acceptable.
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adj. deductible according to the tax laws
adj. deserving to be allowed or considered
adj. that may be permitted especially as according to rule
Word Usage
"The report uses provincial government records to examine the number of grizzly bears that were killed by humans between 2004 and 2008 and compares them with the province's own limits for what it calls the allowable human-caused mortality rate."