international travel without a passport isn't allowable
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What types of expenses are allowable and which are not?—Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 15 Oct. 2024 Even the 8th Circuit seems to agree that there is no ambiguity that student loan forgiveness is allowable under IBR.—Adam S. Minsky, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024 With rent control landlords will always raise the rent the allowable amount because everybody else is and fear that the government will impose even harsher measures.—Letters To The Editor, Orange County Register, 9 Sep. 2024 Samples taken at the treatment plant showed concentrations of PFAS as high as 53,000 parts per trillion, which is 5,300 times the allowable amount.—Sarah Lapidus, USA TODAY, 12 June 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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