determinable

American  

[dih-tur-muh-nuh-buhl] / dɪˈtɜr mə nə bəl /

adjective

1. capable of being determined.

2. Law. subject to termination.

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determinable British  

/ dɪˈtɜːmɪnəbəl /

adjective

1. able to be decided, fixed, or found out

2. law liable to termination under certain conditions; terminable

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Other Word Forms

• determinability noun
• determinableness noun
• determinably adverb
• nondeterminable adjective
• undeterminable adjective
• undeterminableness noun
• undeterminably adverb

Etymology

Origin of determinable

1275–1325; Middle English: fixed < Old French < Late Latin dēterminābilis, equivalent to Latin dētermin ( āre ) to bound, determine + -ābilis -able

Example Sentences

It also said the "financial impact is not determinable" but may result in significant lost earnings.

From Reuters • Apr. 22, 2023

Questions about a virus – what happened and why? – should be empirical questions that have determinable answers.

From The Guardian • Mar. 9, 2020

To get the tax benefit this year, companies must show that the amount of the bonus is fixed and determinable, explained Sheryl Vander Baan, a tax partner at Crowe Horwath.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 20, 2017

Under IFRS, revenue can be recognized if sales are delivered in the current period, there is no right of return policy, collection is probable and the fee is fixed and determinable.

From Reuters • Nov. 23, 2012

In these correlatives, the notion underlying the term “actual” is manifestly the notion of something completed, achieved, perfected—as compared with that of something incomplete, imperfect, determinable, which is the notion of the potential.

From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Coffey, Peter