loco- (Latin: place; from place to place; where something is placed)
allocate
allocation
allow
allowable
allowably
allowance
allowed (uh LOUD)
1. Permit someone to do something; let, give permission to; authorize, concede to, sanction, agree to, approve: "My salary does not allow me to live extravagantly. The teacher allowed us to leave school early."
2. Allocate, assign, grant, provide: "Allow yourself at least an hour to get to the airport."
allowed, aloud
allowed (uh LOUD)
1. To permit someone to do something; give permission to; authorize, approve: "My salary has not allowed me to live extravagantly."
"The teacher allowed us to leave school early."
2. Allocate, grant, provide: "Have you allowed yourself at least an hour to get to the airport?" aloud (uh LOUD)
Not in a whisper; in a normal speaking voice, audibly: "If you want to say it aloud, go ahead."
"The ancients were in the habit of reading aloud even when they were alone." collocate
collocation
1. The association between two words that are typically or frequently used together.
2. An arrangement in which things are placed next to each other or close together.
couch
couchant
disallow
disallowable
disallowance
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