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English
Etymology
Borrowed from French compensable; by surface analysis, compens(ate) + -able.
Adjective
compensable (comparative more compensable, superlative most compensable)
- Able to be compensated.
- Synonyms: compensatable; recompensable
- Antonyms: irrecompensable, unrecompensable
- 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)
- That which is eligible for compensation.
French
Pronunciation
Adjective
compensable (plural compensables)
- compensable
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