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compensable

compensable adjective: able to be compensated.

Adjective

compensable (comparative more compensable, superlative most compensable)

  1. Able to be compensated.
  2. Entitling one to compensation.
    • compensable disease
    • Coalworker's pneumoconiosis is a compensable disease in various countries, and it is a preventable disease where the costs of its prevention are not shirked as externalities.

Noun

compensable (plural compensables)

  1. That which is eligible for compensation.

Synonyms of compensable

Antonyms

Forms of compensable

Adjective
comparativemore compensable
superlativemost compensable
Noun
pluralcompensables

Origin of compensable

Borrowed from French compensable; by surface analysis, compens(ate) + -able.

Words formed from compensable

Questions about compensable

What does compensable mean?
Compensable means able to be compensated.
What part of speech is compensable?
Compensable can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near compensable in the dictionary

  1. compendiums
  2. compends
  3. compenetrate
  4. compenetrates
  5. compensability
  6. compensable
  7. compensables
  8. compensably
  9. compensasome
  10. compensasomes
  11. compensatable

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