international travel without a passport isn't allowable
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When new state taxes arrived on the scene (like retail sales taxes in the 1930s), Congress was careful to include them within the scope of the allowable deduction.—Joseph Thorndike, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025 The report notes the plane exceeded its maximum allowable speed during the turbulence, climbing and descending rapidly three times.—Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025 City officials encourage motorists at unmarked intersections to measure the allowable distance in terms of vehicle size.—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025 Huddlestun said the business that goes there could be anything allowable on M-1.—Deborah Laverty, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 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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