different between allowable vs granted

English

Etymology

From Middle English allowable, alowable, a borrowing from Old French alouable (Modern French allouable), from allouer.

Adjective

allowable (comparative more allowable, superlative most allowable)

1. Appropriate; satisfactory; acceptable.
2. Intellectually admissible; valid; probable.
3. Able to be added or deducted in consideration of something.
4. Permissible; tolerable; legitimate.
5. (obsolete) Praiseworthy.

Synonyms

• (permissible): leveful

Derived terms

• allowableness
• allowably

Noun

allowable (plural allowables)

1. permitted amount or activity.

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /???ænt?d/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?????nt?d/

Verb

granted

1. simple past tense and past participle of grant

   He was granted a patent on his invention.

Adverb

granted (not comparable)

1. Used to concede a point, often before stating some contrasting information.

   He's a good student and usually does well. Granted, he did fail that one test, but I think there were good reasons for that.

   "You haven't been a very good father." "Granted."

Synonyms

• admittedly

Translations

Adjective

granted (not comparable)

1. used to mark the premise of a syllogistic argument

   Granted that he has done nothing wrong, he should be set free.

   Granted the lack of evidence, we can make no such conclusion.

Synonyms

• (used to mark the premise of an argument): given

Translations

See also

• take for granted

Anagrams

• drag-net, dragnet