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The Collaborative International Dictionary
compensable

compensable \compensable\ adj.

  1. receiving money for services rendered.

    Syn: paying(prenominal), remunerative, salaried, stipendiary.

  2. qualifying one for receipt of compensation, such as for a bodily injury; as, a compensable injury.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
compensable

1660s, from French compensable (16c.), from compenser, from Latin compensare (see compensate).

Wiktionary
compensable

a. Able to be compensated; entitle one to compensation.

WordNet
compensable

adj. for which money is paid; "a paying job"; "remunerative work"; "salaried employment"; "stipendiary services" [syn: paying(a), remunerative, salaried, stipendiary]

Usage examples of "compensable".

Central Worlds had insisted that the cause was his negligence, so it was therefore not a service-incurred or compensable accident.