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

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

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

   Example: to allow a right;  to allow a claim;  to allow the truth of a proposition

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

   Example: To allow a sum for leakage.

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

   Example: Smoking allowed only in designated areas.