international travel without a passport isn't allowable
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Yes, regifting is allowable, under etiquette rules.—Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 26 Dec. 2024 There is no equivalent to SWIFT that can provide U.S. officials with data on supply chains, and U.S. semiconductor businesses have been willing to walk right up to the edge of what is allowable to maintain access to the Chinese market.—Henry Farrell, Foreign Affairs, 23 Dec. 2024 For instance, Musk claimed that Congress was preparing to give itself a 40 percent raise, when in fact the most allowable was 3.8 percent.—Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 20 Dec. 2024 The 8th Circuit conceded that there is little debate that student loan forgiveness is allowable after 20 or 25 years under the IBR plan.—Adam S. Minsky, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for allowable
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Etymology
Middle English alowable, allowable "proper, admissible," borrowed from Anglo-French alouable, from aluer, aloer "to accept as legally valid, permit" + -able-able — more at allow
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