Allow Synonyms & Definitions

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• AllowDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (v. t.) To sanction; to invest; to intrust.
2. (v. t.) To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction.
3. (v. i.) To admit; to concede; to make allowance or abatement.
4. (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.
5. (v. t.) To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; esp. to abate or deduct; as, to allow a sum for leakage.
6. (v. t.) To grant license to; to permit; to consent to; as, to allow a son to be absent.
7. (v. t.) To grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have; as, to allow a servant his liberty; to allow a free passage; to allow one day for rest.
8. (v. t.) To like; to be suited or pleased with.

• AllowanceDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (n.) A customary deduction from the gross weight of goods, different in different countries, such as tare and tret.
2. (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.
3. (n.) Abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances; as, to make allowance for the inexperience of youth.
4. (n.) The act of allowing, granting, conceding, or admitting; authorization; permission; sanction; tolerance.
5. (n.) License; indulgence.
6. (n.) Approval; approbation.
7. (n.) Acknowledgment.
8. (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.

• AllowableDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (a.) Praiseworthy; laudable.
2. (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.