compensable
nounEtymology Borrowed from French compensable; by surface analysis, compens(ate) + -able.
1
That which is eligible for compensation.
compensable
adjEtymology Borrowed from French compensable; by surface analysis, compens(ate) + -able.
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.
- Derived terms
- compensability, compensably, incompensable, uncompensable
- Related terms
- compensate, reimbursable