entitled to compensation or capable of being compensated
compensable in American English
(kəmˈpɛnsəbəl)
adjective
entitling to compensation
Word origin
< ME compensen, compensate + -able
compensable in American English
(kəmˈpensəbəl)
adjective
eligible for or subject to compensation, esp. for a bodily injury
Derived forms
compensability
noun
Word origin
[1655–65; compens(ate) + -able]This word is first recorded in the period 1655–65. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: flip-flop, intensity, neutralize, outline, risk-able is a suffix meaning “capable of, susceptible of, fit for, tending to, given to,”associated in meaning with the word able, occurring in loanwords from Latin (laudable); used in English as a highly productive suffix to form adjectives by addition tostems of any origin (teachable; photographable)
Examples of 'compensable' in a sentence
compensable
There was no significant difference in pre-injury/baseline health between compensable and non-compensable participants.
Darnel Murgatroyd, Ian A. Harris, Jian Sheng Chen, Sam Adie, Rajat Mittal, Ian D.Cameron 2017, 'Predictors of seeking financial compensation following motor vehicle trauma: inceptioncohort with moderate to severe musculoskeletal injuries', BMC Musculoskeletal Disordershttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12891-017-1535-z. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The line between the concept of indirect expropriation and non-compensable regulatory governmental measures has not been systematicallyarticulated.
LAURA-CRISTIANA SPĂTARU-NEGURĂ 2013, 'INDIRECT EXPROPRIATION IN ROMANIAN BITs', Challenges of the Knowledge Societyhttp://cks.univnt.ro/uploads/cks_2013_articles/index.php?dir=1_Juridical_Sciences%2F&download=cks_2013_law_art_076.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)