(transitive) To put upon a fixed allowance (especially of provisions and drink). / (transitive) To supply in a fixed and limited quantity.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of allow

simple past tense and past participle of allow

Permitted, authorized. / (now rare) Allotted. / (now rare) Acknowledged; admitted to be true.

In an allowable manner.

The state of being allowable; legitimacy; permissibleness.

Appropriate; satisfactory; acceptable. / Intellectually admissible; valid; probable. / Able to be added or deducted in consideration of something. / Permissible; tolerable; legitimate.

permitted amount or activity.

plural of allowance

to let or permit someone do something