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Definition of Allowable

1. Adjective. Deductible according to the tax laws.

2. Adjective. That may be permitted especially as according to rule. "A permissible tax deduction"

3. Adjective. Deserving to be allowed or considered.

Definition of Allowable

1. a. Praiseworthy; laudable.

Definition of Allowable

1. Adjective. Appropriate; satisfactory; acceptable. ¹

2. Adjective. Intellectually admissible; valid; probable. ¹

3. Adjective. Able to be added or deducted in consideration of something. ¹

4. Adjective. Permissible; tolerable; legitimate. ¹

5. Adjective. (obsolete) Praiseworthy. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Allowable

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Allowable

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Literary usage of Allowable

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Digest of the Laws of England by Anthony Hammond, John Comyns (1824)
"When allowable or requinte in civil suits generally. p. 116. 2. ... When not allowable where the parties are different. 9. When not allowable where the ..."

2. The Design of Steel Mill Buildings and the Calculation of Stresses in Framed by Milo Smith Ketchum (1921)
"The allowable stresses in masonry when used in walla and foundations shall not exceed the ... The allowable load on piles driven with a drop hammer shall be ..."

3. Strength of Materials by James Ellsworth Boyd (1917)
"Column Formulas Based on allowable Stress.—Instead of deriving the curve of unit load and slenderness ratio from the ultimate strength and modulus of ..."

4. Handbook of Building Construction: Data for Architects, Designing and by George Albert Hool, Nathan Clarke Johnson (1920)
"allowable Unit Stresses.—Unit stresses for design of wooden beams are usually prescribed by ... These allowable stresses vary widely in different cities, ..."

5. The Science of Logic: Or, an Analysis of the Laws of Thought by Asa Mahan (1857)
"We have, then, twelve allowable moods, and we can have no more, to wit, ... If it is particular, the conclusion is particular, and no other is allowable. ..."

6. Text-book of the Materials of Engineering by Herbert Fisher Moore, Harrison Frederick Gonnerman (1920)
"In a large manufacturing establishment certain standard allowable stresses ... The tables of allowable stresses and of working formulas given in the various ..."

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