international travel without a passport isn't allowable
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Premier League clubs can report losses of £105m over a three-year cycle, though there are ‘add-backs’ that are allowable under the calculations.—Alex Brodie, New York Times, 20 May 2025 Sports facilities in the past have been deemed an allowable use.—Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 May 2025 First, there’s cost data, which includes charge costs and allowable costs.—Robert Gelb, Forbes.com, 5 May 2025 By making All-NBA, Memphis can sign him to an extension for 30 percent of the max despite his raise being more than the allowable 140 percent.—John Hollinger, New York Times, 2 May 2025 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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