allowableadj.n.

Brit.

/əˈlaʊəbl/, U.S.

/əˈlaʊəbəl/

Forms: Middle English allowabill, Middle English alowabyll, Middle English–1500s alloweable, Middle English–1600s alowable, Middle English– allowable, 1500s aloweable; Scottish pre-1700 allowabill, pre-1700 1700s– allowable.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French allouable.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman alouable, alowable, allowable, Anglo-Norman and Middle French allouable (French (rare) allouable ) permissible (c1275 or earlier; earlier in Old French (Picardy) in an isolated attestation of uncertain date, perhaps 13th cent. in sense ‘acceptable, legitimate’), legally admissible (end of the 13th cent. or earlier; in later use in late Middle French and modern French only in the specific sense ‘(of an item) that can be entered in an account’ (1586)) < alouer , allouer , aluer , etc. allow v. + -able -able suffix. Compare post-classical Latin allocabilis legitimate, admissible, (in accounts) to be credited (from late 13th cent. in British sources). Compare lowable adj.

A. adj.

†1. Worthy of praise; praiseworthy, laudable. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > praiseworthiness > [adjective]

loflyOE

herewortha1225

praisablec1350

provablea1382

heryful1382

praisefulc1384

commendablec1386

lowablea1400

allowablec1400

meritable?1400

laudablec1420

thankworthy1421

lovablec1422

thankworth?1426

thanklewe1430

recommendable1477

meritoriousa1513

praiseworthya1538

apprisablec1540

plausible1561

praiseworth1591

applausive1605

allaudable1727

c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Trin. Cambr. R.3.14) C. xviii. l. 130 (MED) Loue lawe wiþoute leaute, allowable [Cambr. Dd.3.13 alowable; Huntington HM 137 lowable] was it neuere.

1483 ( tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage of Soul (Caxton) iv. xxix. f. lxxvij A statua or an ymage his allowable and sadde condicions.

1550 W. Lynne tr. J. Carion Thre Bks. Cronicles iii. f. cxxvii Those excellent and allowable Emperours Augustus, Traianus, Adrianus and Constantinus.

1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Louable, praise worthy, allowable, laudable.

1670 J. Eachard Grounds Contempt of Clergy 44 True and allowable Rhetorick, that is, of what is decorous and convenient to be spoken.

1702 Eng. Theophrastus 176 There is a sweeter, more noble and allowable sort of vengeance.

†2. Worthy of sanction, approval, or acceptance; satisfactory, acceptable. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > [adjective] > contenting or satisfying > satisfactory

acceptedc1384

allowablec1443

easyc1485

satisfiable1581

contentable1633

satisfactory1640

c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 98 (MED) Þe deliueraunce of þilk maters to þe lay peple is allowable and cheseable and desirable to be doon.

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Allowable, Acceptabilis.

1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iii. xxiii. f. 252^v If he goe about to make himselfe allowable to him [sc. God] with innocencie and honestie of life.

1574 J. Baret Aluearie A 255 Pleasaunt: alowable, acceptable. Acceptus.

1611 M. Smith in Bible (King James) Transl. Pref. 9 If the olde vulgar had bene at all points allowable.

1627 R. Sanderson Ten Serm. 207 Custome had made it not only excusable, but allowable.

1663 R. Hooke in R. T. Gunther Early Sci. in Oxf. (1930) VI. 123 To attempt the recovering of such allowable arts and inventions as are lost.

1892 W. Carleton City Festivals p. viii In making a book attractive or efficient..rhymes..if used, should be short, perfect, or extremely allowable, and, if possible, striking and felicitous.

3. Admissible, valid; worthy of consideration; able to be acknowledged.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > foundation in fact, validity > [adjective]

goodOE

substantial1419

soundc1440

allowablec1443

stronga1475

stable1481

infallible1526

sore1530

sincere1536

acknowledged1548

of…validity1581

firm1600

acknowledgeable1630

valiant1632

infallid1635

valid1651

copper-bottomed1890

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > probability, likelihood > [adjective]

likelya1400

seemlya1400

probable?a1425

allowablec1443

seeming?c1450

apt1528

topical1594

liking1611

suspicable1651

presumable1655

feasible1656

suspected1706

in the cards1764

on the cards1788

in the dice1844

liable1888

better-than-chance1964

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > [adjective] > that can be discussed

moot1563

pleadable1565

argumentable1588

arguable1611

allowable1712

negotiable1939

neg1961

c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 182 (MED) Neuer neiþer of þese two now rehercid weies is trewe and allowable or may be holdun and susteyned.

1550 W. Lynne tr. J. Carion Thre Bks. Cronicles iii. sig. cj^v This doctrine semed vnto mans reason alowable.

1565 T. Stapleton Disc. Doctrine Protestants in tr. F. Staphylus Apol. f. 200 This maner of reasoning be currant and allowable in Caluin.

1576 A. Fleming Panoplie Epist. 247 (margin) Merrily, say some copies, for the Latine word is lætioribus: Both interpretations are alowable.

1652 P. Heylyn Cosmographie ii. sig. Tt5 Some have referred the originall of these Games to one Opheltes a Lacedemonian..: and others fetch it higher from the war of Thebes. But this I take to be the more allowable opinion.

a1682 Sir T. Browne Certain Misc. Tracts (1683) i. 8 What Tremelius rendreth Spina..is allowable in the sense.

1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 546. ⁋2 The advantages of action, show and dress on these occasions are allowable.

1797 Jrnl. Nat. Philos. Apr. 22 The allowable supposition that the circumference of the first printing cylinder should be one thousandth part of an inch too large.

1850 Boston Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 17 July 496 It is allowable that they are often incompetent to decide upon the question of qualifications.

1895 E. H. Grandin & G. W. Jarman Pregnancy, Labor & Puerperal State ii. iii. 160 If the placenta has not appeared at the outlet, the inference is allowable that it has simply been expelled into the vagina.

1918 J. Dewey in New Republic 27 Apr. 384/2 The dull fellowship of legitimate and allowable truths is confronted by an onrush of social forces which work their will upon us.

1954 Art Bull. 35 100 This hypothesis is allowable if we assume the date of the tiercerons of Lincoln to be 1192 or even 1210.

2007 R. A. Ferguson Trial in Amer. Life vii. 244 The license and range of allowable inference are considerable.

4. That is permitted or allowed; not forbidden; legitimate.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > [adjective] > that can be permitted

sufferablea1395

admittable?1406

allowable1445

permissiblea1475

congeable1528

tolerable1531

lowable1538

grantable1548

permittable?1575

venial1597

lawful1600

admissible1611

society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > [adjective] > permitted or allowed

permissive1467

licit1483

licentiatec1500

permitted1553

allowable?1555

allowed1572

licent1606

permissory1858

1445–6 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Feb. 1445 §50. m. 2 That in that case no proteccion be allowyd nor alowable.

1455–6 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. July 1455 §56. m. 2 Such plees as in lawe were pledables and in lawe were allowables.

?1555 J. Bradford Exhort. carienge Chrystes Crosse viii. 92 Prayer for the dead is not..allowable or to bee exercysed.

1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. i. f. 5 There is no lawfully allowable religion, but that which is ioyned with truthe.

1625 J. Mede in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. III. cccv. 193 Devise some allowable and parliamentary way..to supply the present necessities.

1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 555. ⁋2 The licence allowable to a feigned character.

1790 S. Johnson in J. Boswell Life Johnson (1831) I. 454 It may be defended as a very allowable practice.

1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village I. 69 A little touch of very allowable finery in the gay window-curtains.

1868 M. Pattison Suggestions Acad. Organisation §5. 143 The payment of the teacher by endowment is not only allowable, it is necessary.

1940 M. Albertson in E. DeGolyer Elements Petroleum Ind. xii. 287 Many methods of allocation of allowable oil to producers are in use.

1965 I. Murdoch Red & Green xi. 161 A friend at Cambridge..had told him that half-rhymes were now an allowable device.

2003 Church Times 14 Feb. 11 Are there canon laws governing allowable colours of clerical shirt or blouse?

5. Tolerable or acceptable within prescribed parameters.

ΚΠ

1849 Rep. Commissioners Applic. Iron to Railway Struct. App. A. 274 in Parl. Papers XXIX. 1 In girders of 40 feet span ½-inch is the maximum allowable deflection.

1870 Amer. Railway Times 21 May 166/1 The allowable amount of shrinkage for steel driving tyres.

1952 Jrnl. Amer. Water Wks. Assoc. 42 595/2 The allowable amount of copper [in the water supply] has been increased in recent years.

1996 Courier Mail (Queensland) (Nexis) 1 Feb. 39 Queensland Harness Racing Board had no intention of raising the allowable concentration to 37ml.

2008 S. P. Croley Regulation & Public Interests ix. 163 The Clean Air Act..requires the agency to monitor areas of the country for compliance with allowable levels of listed pollutants.

6. Finance. Of an expense, sum, etc.: permitted to be offset against income in the calculation of taxable income. Also, of an amount: able to be earned or received free of tax.

ΚΠ

1865 C. M. Smith Hodges' Treat. Law of Railways (ed. 4) iv. 614 Income tax which a tenant would have to pay on his net profits after payment of rent is not an allowable deduction.

1895 Sc. Law Reporter 32 342/1 The Rev. Samuel Campbell Fry..claimed repayment of £3, 10s. for year ended 5th April 1894, being the duty on £120 at 7d. per £, the abatement allowable in respect of incomes under £400.

1973 N.Y. Times 1 Feb. 47/7 One-seventh of the total allowable expenses may come to a deduction of several hundred dollars.

1984 C. Hitching & D. Stone Understanding Accounting vii. 88 This was not regarded as an ‘allowable expense’..because almost all expenditure on fixed assets qualified for special tax allowances.

1991 Financial Times 20 Mar. 32/7 There can be, in the words of the Inland Revenue, ‘tax asymmetry’ between the halves of the same transaction, such as hedging operations, with the gains being taxable but losses not being allowable.

2002 Which? Tax Saving Guide 32/3 Some of the expenses listed in these boxes may not be allowable for tax purposes. These are called ‘disallowable expenses’.

B. n.

1. Engineering (chiefly U.S.). The maximum value of a property of a material, component, or structure at which it can be expected to remain safe, or to function correctly in a given situation.The commonest allowables are the stress and strength of materials used in construction.

ΚΠ

1911 Public Ordinances Atlantic City (City Council) 49 The pressure exerted by the concentrated weight shall not exceed the allowables as hereinbefore mentioned.

1957 J. Soled Fasteners Handbks. 22 ‘Huckbolt’ [bolt-like fastener] allowables appear on Table 3.6116 of ANC5 manual.

1995 A. Poursartip & K. Street Proc. Tenth Internat. Conf. Composite Materials VI. 31 The stresses were normalized by the allowable for each stress component and the locations and magnitudes of the largest normalized stresses were identified.

2006 C. H. Wecht & J. T. Rago Forensic Sci. & Law iii. xiii. 272 The roof began to fail (sag more than design allowables) as soon as it was completed.

2. Oil Industry. In the United States and Canada: a maximum quantity of oil which under official controls can be produced at a given place in a given period.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > the greatest amount or quantity > quality of being maximal > maximum > maximum permitted

maximum1801

allowance1833

quota1891

quota1921

allowable1932

cap1947

rate cap1976

1932 Michigan Law Rev. 30 1221 Congress might lay a tax upon oil wastefully produced, or upon oil produced in excess of a given allowable.

1940 M. Albertson in E. DeGolyer Elements Petroleum Ind. xii. 287 When oil-producing capacity became sufficient..restriction of production was enforced. Allowables were established for wells, leases, pools, and states.

1960 Guardian 9 Sept. 10/1 Their owners..keep up the price of oil by a quota system which restricts production to so many days' output (called ‘allowables’) in each month.

2007 R. M. Olien & D. D. Hinton Wildcatters v. 104 The commission..set allowables per well in those fields, and designated the number of production days per month.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	allowable
释义	allowableadj.n. Brit. /əˈlaʊəbl/, U.S. /əˈlaʊəbəl/ Forms: Middle English allowabill, Middle English alowabyll, Middle English–1500s alloweable, Middle English–1600s alowable, Middle English– allowable, 1500s aloweable; Scottish pre-1700 allowabill, pre-1700 1700s– allowable. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French allouable. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman alouable, alowable, allowable, Anglo-Norman and Middle French allouable (French (rare) allouable ) permissible (c1275 or earlier; earlier in Old French (Picardy) in an isolated attestation of uncertain date, perhaps 13th cent. in sense ‘acceptable, legitimate’), legally admissible (end of the 13th cent. or earlier; in later use in late Middle French and modern French only in the specific sense ‘(of an item) that can be entered in an account’ (1586)) < alouer , allouer , aluer , etc. allow v. + -able -able suffix. Compare post-classical Latin allocabilis legitimate, admissible, (in accounts) to be credited (from late 13th cent. in British sources). Compare lowable adj. A. adj. †1. Worthy of praise; praiseworthy, laudable. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > praiseworthiness > [adjective] loflyOE herewortha1225 praisablec1350 provablea1382 heryful1382 praisefulc1384 commendablec1386 lowablea1400 allowablec1400 meritable?1400 laudablec1420 thankworthy1421 lovablec1422 thankworth?1426 thanklewe1430 recommendable1477 meritoriousa1513 praiseworthya1538 apprisablec1540 plausible1561 praiseworth1591 applausive1605 allaudable1727 c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Trin. Cambr. R.3.14) C. xviii. l. 130 (MED) Loue lawe wiþoute leaute, allowable [Cambr. Dd.3.13 alowable; Huntington HM 137 lowable] was it neuere. 1483 ( tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage of Soul (Caxton) iv. xxix. f. lxxvij A statua or an ymage his allowable and sadde condicions. 1550 W. Lynne tr. J. Carion Thre Bks. Cronicles iii. f. cxxvii Those excellent and allowable Emperours Augustus, Traianus, Adrianus and Constantinus. 1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Louable, praise worthy, allowable, laudable. 1670 J. Eachard Grounds Contempt of Clergy 44 True and allowable Rhetorick, that is, of what is decorous and convenient to be spoken. 1702 Eng. Theophrastus 176 There is a sweeter, more noble and allowable sort of vengeance. †2. Worthy of sanction, approval, or acceptance; satisfactory, acceptable. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > [adjective] > contenting or satisfying > satisfactory acceptedc1384 allowablec1443 easyc1485 satisfiable1581 contentable1633 satisfactory1640 c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 98 (MED) Þe deliueraunce of þilk maters to þe lay peple is allowable and cheseable and desirable to be doon. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Allowable, Acceptabilis. 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iii. xxiii. f. 252^v If he goe about to make himselfe allowable to him [sc. God] with innocencie and honestie of life. 1574 J. Baret Aluearie A 255 Pleasaunt: alowable, acceptable. Acceptus. 1611 M. Smith in Bible (King James) Transl. Pref. 9 If the olde vulgar had bene at all points allowable. 1627 R. Sanderson Ten Serm. 207 Custome had made it not only excusable, but allowable. 1663 R. Hooke in R. T. Gunther Early Sci. in Oxf. (1930) VI. 123 To attempt the recovering of such allowable arts and inventions as are lost. 1892 W. Carleton City Festivals p. viii In making a book attractive or efficient..rhymes..if used, should be short, perfect, or extremely allowable, and, if possible, striking and felicitous. 3. Admissible, valid; worthy of consideration; able to be acknowledged. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > foundation in fact, validity > [adjective] goodOE substantial1419 soundc1440 allowablec1443 stronga1475 stable1481 infallible1526 sore1530 sincere1536 acknowledged1548 of…validity1581 firm1600 acknowledgeable1630 valiant1632 infallid1635 valid1651 copper-bottomed1890 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > probability, likelihood > [adjective] likelya1400 seemlya1400 probable?a1425 allowablec1443 seeming?c1450 apt1528 topical1594 liking1611 suspicable1651 presumable1655 feasible1656 suspected1706 in the cards1764 on the cards1788 in the dice1844 liable1888 better-than-chance1964 the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > [adjective] > that can be discussed moot1563 pleadable1565 argumentable1588 arguable1611 allowable1712 negotiable1939 neg1961 c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 182 (MED) Neuer neiþer of þese two now rehercid weies is trewe and allowable or may be holdun and susteyned. 1550 W. Lynne tr. J. Carion Thre Bks. Cronicles iii. sig. cj^v This doctrine semed vnto mans reason alowable. 1565 T. Stapleton Disc. Doctrine Protestants in tr. F. Staphylus Apol. f. 200 This maner of reasoning be currant and allowable in Caluin. 1576 A. Fleming Panoplie Epist. 247 (margin) Merrily, say some copies, for the Latine word is lætioribus: Both interpretations are alowable. 1652 P. Heylyn Cosmographie ii. sig. Tt5 Some have referred the originall of these Games to one Opheltes a Lacedemonian..: and others fetch it higher from the war of Thebes. But this I take to be the more allowable opinion. a1682 Sir T. Browne Certain Misc. Tracts (1683) i. 8 What Tremelius rendreth Spina..is allowable in the sense. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 546. ⁋2 The advantages of action, show and dress on these occasions are allowable. 1797 Jrnl. Nat. Philos. Apr. 22 The allowable supposition that the circumference of the first printing cylinder should be one thousandth part of an inch too large. 1850 Boston Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 17 July 496 It is allowable that they are often incompetent to decide upon the question of qualifications. 1895 E. H. Grandin & G. W. Jarman Pregnancy, Labor & Puerperal State ii. iii. 160 If the placenta has not appeared at the outlet, the inference is allowable that it has simply been expelled into the vagina. 1918 J. Dewey in New Republic 27 Apr. 384/2 The dull fellowship of legitimate and allowable truths is confronted by an onrush of social forces which work their will upon us. 1954 Art Bull. 35 100 This hypothesis is allowable if we assume the date of the tiercerons of Lincoln to be 1192 or even 1210. 2007 R. A. Ferguson Trial in Amer. Life vii. 244 The license and range of allowable inference are considerable. 4. That is permitted or allowed; not forbidden; legitimate. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > [adjective] > that can be permitted sufferablea1395 admittable?1406 allowable1445 permissiblea1475 congeable1528 tolerable1531 lowable1538 grantable1548 permittable?1575 venial1597 lawful1600 admissible1611 society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > [adjective] > permitted or allowed permissive1467 licit1483 licentiatec1500 permitted1553 allowable?1555 allowed1572 licent1606 permissory1858 1445–6 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Feb. 1445 §50. m. 2 That in that case no proteccion be allowyd nor alowable. 1455–6 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. July 1455 §56. m. 2 Such plees as in lawe were pledables and in lawe were allowables. ?1555 J. Bradford Exhort. carienge Chrystes Crosse viii. 92 Prayer for the dead is not..allowable or to bee exercysed. 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. i. f. 5 There is no lawfully allowable religion, but that which is ioyned with truthe. 1625 J. Mede in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. III. cccv. 193 Devise some allowable and parliamentary way..to supply the present necessities. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 555. ⁋2 The licence allowable to a feigned character. 1790 S. Johnson in J. Boswell Life Johnson (1831) I. 454 It may be defended as a very allowable practice. 1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village I. 69 A little touch of very allowable finery in the gay window-curtains. 1868 M. Pattison Suggestions Acad. Organisation §5. 143 The payment of the teacher by endowment is not only allowable, it is necessary. 1940 M. Albertson in E. DeGolyer Elements Petroleum Ind. xii. 287 Many methods of allocation of allowable oil to producers are in use. 1965 I. Murdoch Red & Green xi. 161 A friend at Cambridge..had told him that half-rhymes were now an allowable device. 2003 Church Times 14 Feb. 11 Are there canon laws governing allowable colours of clerical shirt or blouse? 5. Tolerable or acceptable within prescribed parameters. ΚΠ 1849 Rep. Commissioners Applic. Iron to Railway Struct. App. A. 274 in Parl. Papers XXIX. 1 In girders of 40 feet span ½-inch is the maximum allowable deflection. 1870 Amer. Railway Times 21 May 166/1 The allowable amount of shrinkage for steel driving tyres. 1952 Jrnl. Amer. Water Wks. Assoc. 42 595/2 The allowable amount of copper [in the water supply] has been increased in recent years. 1996 Courier Mail (Queensland) (Nexis) 1 Feb. 39 Queensland Harness Racing Board had no intention of raising the allowable concentration to 37ml. 2008 S. P. Croley Regulation & Public Interests ix. 163 The Clean Air Act..requires the agency to monitor areas of the country for compliance with allowable levels of listed pollutants. 6. Finance. Of an expense, sum, etc.: permitted to be offset against income in the calculation of taxable income. Also, of an amount: able to be earned or received free of tax. ΚΠ 1865 C. M. Smith Hodges' Treat. Law of Railways (ed. 4) iv. 614 Income tax which a tenant would have to pay on his net profits after payment of rent is not an allowable deduction. 1895 Sc. Law Reporter 32 342/1 The Rev. Samuel Campbell Fry..claimed repayment of £3, 10s. for year ended 5th April 1894, being the duty on £120 at 7d. per £, the abatement allowable in respect of incomes under £400. 1973 N.Y. Times 1 Feb. 47/7 One-seventh of the total allowable expenses may come to a deduction of several hundred dollars. 1984 C. Hitching & D. Stone Understanding Accounting vii. 88 This was not regarded as an ‘allowable expense’..because almost all expenditure on fixed assets qualified for special tax allowances. 1991 Financial Times 20 Mar. 32/7 There can be, in the words of the Inland Revenue, ‘tax asymmetry’ between the halves of the same transaction, such as hedging operations, with the gains being taxable but losses not being allowable. 2002 Which? Tax Saving Guide 32/3 Some of the expenses listed in these boxes may not be allowable for tax purposes. These are called ‘disallowable expenses’. B. n. 1. Engineering (chiefly U.S.). The maximum value of a property of a material, component, or structure at which it can be expected to remain safe, or to function correctly in a given situation.The commonest allowables are the stress and strength of materials used in construction. ΚΠ 1911 Public Ordinances Atlantic City (City Council) 49 The pressure exerted by the concentrated weight shall not exceed the allowables as hereinbefore mentioned. 1957 J. Soled Fasteners Handbks. 22 ‘Huckbolt’ [bolt-like fastener] allowables appear on Table 3.6116 of ANC5 manual. 1995 A. Poursartip & K. Street Proc. Tenth Internat. Conf. Composite Materials VI. 31 The stresses were normalized by the allowable for each stress component and the locations and magnitudes of the largest normalized stresses were identified. 2006 C. H. Wecht & J. T. Rago Forensic Sci. & Law iii. xiii. 272 The roof began to fail (sag more than design allowables) as soon as it was completed. 2. Oil Industry. In the United States and Canada: a maximum quantity of oil which under official controls can be produced at a given place in a given period. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > the greatest amount or quantity > quality of being maximal > maximum > maximum permitted maximum1801 allowance1833 quota1891 quota1921 allowable1932 cap1947 rate cap1976 1932 Michigan Law Rev. 30 1221 Congress might lay a tax upon oil wastefully produced, or upon oil produced in excess of a given allowable. 1940 M. Albertson in E. DeGolyer Elements Petroleum Ind. xii. 287 When oil-producing capacity became sufficient..restriction of production was enforced. Allowables were established for wells, leases, pools, and states. 1960 Guardian 9 Sept. 10/1 Their owners..keep up the price of oil by a quota system which restricts production to so many days' output (called ‘allowables’) in each month. 2007 R. M. Olien & D. D. Hinton Wildcatters v. 104 The commission..set allowables per well in those fields, and designated the number of production days per month. 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