allowed
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allowed
permitted; given as one’s share: The host is allowed ten percent of the entrance fee.
Not to be confused with:
aloud – spoken in a normal tone and volume; vocally: Read the story aloud.
allowed
permitted: The children were allowed to leave early.; admitted; acknowledged; conceded: He allowed that he had made a mistake.
Not to be confused with:
aloud – with the normal tone of a speaking voice; vocally: He read aloud in class.
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al·low
(ə-lou′)v. al·lowed, al·low·ing, al·lows
v.tr.
1. To let do or happen; permit: We allow smoking only in restricted areas.
2. To permit the presence of: No pets are allowed inside.
3. To permit to have: allow oneself a little treat.
4. To make provision for; assign: The schedule allows time for a coffee break.
5. To plan for in case of need: allow two inches in the fabric for shrinkage.
6. To grant as a discount or in exchange: allowed me 20 dollars on my old typewriter.
7. Chiefly Southern & Midland US
a. To admit; concede: I allowed he was right.
b. To think; suppose: "We allow he's straight" (American Speech).
c. To assert; declare: Mother allowed that we'd better come in for dinner.
v.intr.
1. To offer a possibility; admit: The poem allows of several interpretations.
2. To take a possibility into account; make allowance: In calculating profit, retailers must allow for breakage and spoilage.
[Middle English allouen, to approve, permit, from Old French alouer, from Latin allaudāre, to praise (ad-, intensive pref.; see ad- + laudāre, to praise; see laud) and from Medieval Latin allocāre, to assign; see allocate.]
al·low′a·ble adj.
al·low′a·bly adv.
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Translations
- I have the allowed amount of alcohol to declare
- I have the allowed amount of tobacco to declare
- Am I allowed to fish here?
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