compensable

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.

Derived terms

• compensability
• compensably
• uncompensable

 

Related terms

• compensate

Translations

able to be compensated

• Finnish: korvattava
• French: compensable (fr)
• German: entschädigungspflichtig
• Romanian: compensabil (ro)

See also

• reimbursable

 

Noun

compensable (plural compensables)

1. That which is eligible for compensation.

French

Pronunciation

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Adjective

compensable (plural compensables)

1. compensable

Further reading

• “compensable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.