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allow
/əˈlaʊ/
verb
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."
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