Meaning

• To grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have.

  "to allow a servant his liberty;  to allow a free passage;  to allow one day for rest"

• To acknowledge; to accept as true; to concede; to accede to an opinion.

  "to allow a right;  to allow a claim;  to allow the truth of a proposition"

• To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; especially to abate or deduct.

  "To allow a sum for leakage."

• To grant license to; to permit; to consent to.

  "Smoking allowed only in designated areas."

• To not bar or obstruct.

  "Although I don't consent to their holding such meetings, I will allow them for the time being."

• To acknowledge or concede.

• To take into account by making an allowance.

  "When calculating a budget for a construction project, always allow for contingencies."

• To render physically possible.

• To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction.

• To sanction; to invest; to entrust.

• To like; to be suited or pleased with.