The Collaborative International Dictionary
compensable
compensable \compensable\ adj.
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receiving money for services rendered.
Syn: paying(prenominal), remunerative, salaried, stipendiary.
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.