Talk:disallowable

RFV discussion: February–March 2012

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disallowable

Actually seems to mean "not allowed", rather than "capable of being disallowed", so I am RFVing that latter sense. Equinox ◑ 17:18, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

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It's hard to tell what sense any quotation is using the word in, but I think I've found three. The 1994 and 2005 quotations especially make sense only when they mean "the legislation is not able to be disallowed" rather than "the legislation is not forbidden", IMO. Take a look. - -sche (discuss) 02:05, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

I found a Raleigh use, which doesn't fit the first, challenged sense, but which I find hard to interpret. I don't think that the other citation for the second is unambiguous in supporting the second sense, rather than the first.

I think of the first sense as normally meaning "liable to disallowance/being disallowed". A law or rule or principle forbids or contraindicates something fitting a certain label or description. I assert some particular thing, for example, by claiming an expense as a valid one on my tax return. An IRS tax auditor can disallow it. My tax attorney may have advised me that the expense was disallowable. I think the word only makes sense in some kind of legalistic process in this sense. DCDuring TALK 02:48, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

FWIW, I've RFV-tagged all senses now. - -sche (discuss) 02:54, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

Meh, the second sense could perhaps be worded better, but both senses have sufficient citations. Striking... (please reopen discussion if you feel this is too hasty or you have more to add) - -sche (discuss) 00:54, 25 March 2012 (UTC)