tolerable

(tŏl'ər-ə-bəl)
adj.

1. Capable of being tolerated; endurable.
2. Fairly good; passable. See synonyms at average.

tolerability tol'er·a·bil'i·ty or tol'er·a·ble·ness n.
tolerably tol'er·a·bly adv.

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1. In cost accounting, acceptable variance between actual and standard cost or revenue.


2. In auditing, degree of acceptable misstatement in substantive testing without materially misstating the financial statements. A tolerable rate is the maximum deviation rate in tests of controls that is acceptable by the auditor in his or her assessment of control risk.

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adjective

1. Capable of being tolerated: bearable, endurable, sufferable. See continue/stop/pause.
2. Of moderately good quality but less than excellent: acceptable, adequate, all right, average, common, decent, fair, fairish, goodish, moderate, passable, respectable, satisfactory, sufficient. Informal OK, tidy. See good/bad.

adj

Definition: acceptable, good enough
Antonyms: bad, intolerable, unacceptable, unbearable

For a list of words related to tolerable, see:

• Ordinary, Dull, Plain, or Banal

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - nogenlunde, jævnt

Nederlands (Dutch)
verdraaglijk, redelijk

Français (French)
adj. - tolérable, acceptable

Deutsch (German)
adj. - erträglich, leidlich

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ανεκτός, υποφερτός, μέτριας ποιότητας, καλούτσικος

Italiano (Italian)
tollerabile

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - tolerável, sofrível, satisfatório

Русский (Russian)
терпимый, выносимый, сносный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - tolerable, soportable, pasable

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - uthärdlig, tolerabel, dräglig, skaplig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
可忍受的, 可宽恕的, 可容忍的, 尚好的, 过得去的, 还可以的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 可忍受的, 可寬恕的, 可容忍的, 尚好的, 過得去的, 還可以的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 참을 수 있는, 웬만한, 꽤 건강한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 我慢できる, かなりよい, まあまあの

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) ممكن احتماله, محتمل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮נסבל, טוב למדי‬

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