Definition of allowing:
(v) :
(transitive, catenative) To permit, to give permission to.
(v) :
To not bar or obstruct.
(v) :
(ditransitive) To let one have as a suitable share of something.
(v) :
(transitive) To acknowledge, accept the truth of; to concede; to accede to an opinion.
(v) :
(transitive) To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; especially to abate or deduct.
(v) :
(transitive) To make an allowance, to take into account when making plans.