Definition of COMPENSABLE

compensable

Plural: compensables

Adjective Satellite

  • for which money is paid

Adj

  • Able to be compensated.
  • Entitling one to compensation.

Noun

  • That which is eligible for compensation.

Examples

  • 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.
  • compensable disease

Origin / Etymology

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

Scrabble Score: 19

compensable: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
compensable: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
compensable: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 25

compensable: valid Words With Friends Word