compensable

[kuh m-pen-suh-buh l]

adjective

eligible for or subject to compensation, especially for a bodily injury.

Origin of compensable

First recorded in 1655–65; compens(ate) + -able

Related formscom·pen·sa·bil·i·ty, nounnon·com·pen·sa·ble, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for non-compensable

compensable

adjective

mainly US entitled to compensation or capable of being compensated

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Word Origin and History for non-compensable

compensable

adj.

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