international travel without a passport isn't allowable
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City officials encourage motorists at unmarked intersections to measure the allowable distance in terms of vehicle size.—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2025 As there is no further action legally allowable for our office, the community, and more importantly, the victims will have to live with the consequences of this sentence.—Paloma Chavez, Sacramento Bee, 6 Mar. 2025 Business owners should accelerate their capital investments when practical to take advantage of the allowable bonus depreciation in 2025 and before the full phase-out in 2027.—Cindy McGhee, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025 An allowable loss is something you were entitled to take.—Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 25 Feb. 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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