compensable
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- compensability noun
- noncompensable adjective
Etymology
Origin of compensable
First recorded in 1655–65; compens(ate) + -able
Example Sentences
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“There are different views on what is a compensable smoke claim and there are no state standards. We are unaware of any external scientific consensus on this.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2025
Worse, the Kafkaesque county says she has no compensable property interest because the county took her property.
From Washington Post • Apr. 24, 2023
They include awards for four other compensable diagnoses: Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, Lou Gehrig’s disease and deaths before April 2015 involving CTE, or chronic traumatic encephalopathy.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 12, 2022
That time is compensable under Colorado law, which says workers must be paid when they are required to be on their employer’s premises or on duty, according to the suit.
From Reuters • Oct. 6, 2021
If the student cannot prove that the failure to hold a hearing itself caused him some compensable harm, then the student is entitled to no more than nominal damages, such as $1.00.
From What Works: Schools Without Drugs by Education, United States Department of
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