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compensable.

Able to be compensated.

11 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj
  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.
Where this word comes from

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

noun
  1. That which is eligible for compensation.

Where this word comes from

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

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