compensable

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English

Etymology

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

Adjective

compensable (comparative more compensable, superlative most compensable)

  1. Able to be compensated.
    Synonyms: compensatable; recompensable
    Antonyms: irrecompensable, unrecompensable
  2. Entitling one to compensation.
    Synonyms: compensatable; recompensable
    Antonyms: irrecompensable, unrecompensable
    Coordinate terms: (disease categories) notifiable, reportable
    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.

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Noun

compensable (plural compensables)

  1. That which is eligible for compensation.

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Adjective

compensable (plural compensables)

  1. compensable

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