recoverable

English

Etymology

From Middle English recoverabille, recoverable, recovererabyll (error), equivalent to recover +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈkʌvɚəb(ə)l/, /ɹə-/, [ɹɪˈkʌvɚəbl̩], [ɹə-]

• Audio (General American):

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Adjective

recoverable (not comparable)

1. Capable of being regained or recovered.

   recoverable data

2. Restorable from sickness, faintness, danger, etc.
3. Capable of being brought back to a former condition, or recovered from.

   a recoverable error

4. Obtainable from a debtor or possessor.

   recoverable debt

Antonyms

• irrecoverable
• unrecoverable

Translations

capable of being regained or recovered

• German: rückholbar, rückgewinnbar, wiederherstellbar
• Portuguese: recuperável

restorable from sickness, faintness, danger, etc.

• German: heilbar (de), genesungsfähig, erholungsfähig, wiederherstellungsfähig
• Portuguese: recuperável

capable of being brought back to a former condition

• German: wiederherstellbar, wiederherstellungsfähig

obtainable from a debtor or possessor

• German: erzielbar, holbar, eintreibbar, wiedergewinnbar
• Portuguese: recuperável

Noun

recoverable (plural recoverables)

1. (accounting) Amounts of reinsurance coverage that are due from a reinsurer.

References

• “recoverable”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “recoverable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.