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Allowable vs Licensed - What's the difference?

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Allowable is a related term of licensed.


As adjectives the difference between allowable and licensed

is that allowable is appropriate; satisfactory; acceptable while licensed is (of a person or enterprise) having been issued with a licence (by the required authority).

As a verb licensed is

(license).

allowable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Appropriate; satisfactory; acceptable.
  • Intellectually admissible; valid; probable.
  • Able to be added or deducted in consideration of something.
  • Permissible; tolerable; legitimate.
  • (obsolete) Praiseworthy.

    • Synonyms

    * (permissible) leveful

    Derived terms

    * allowableness * allowably

    licensed

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (of a person or enterprise) having been issued with a licence (by the required authority)
    • Only licensed exterminators can purchase rat poison in this state.
  • # (of a shop or restaurant) allowed to sell alcohol
  • The opening hours of licensed premises are restricted to prevent all-night drinking.
  • (of an activity) authorized by licence
    • Even licensed fishing has a major effect on the fish population in the river.
  • # (of a product) based on an existing piece of intellectual property and sold under licence.
  • Although they sell well, licensed video games are seldom critically acclaimed.

    • Derived terms

    * licensed victualler

    Related terms

    * eligible * qualified

    Antonyms

    * unlicensed

    Verb

    (head)
  • (license)

    • Anagrams

    * *

    See also

    * licenced