Compensable
[kuh m-pen-suh-buh l] /kəmˈpɛn sə bəl/
adjective
1.
eligible for or subject to , especially for a bodily injury.
/kəmˈpɛnsəbəl/
adjective
1.
(mainly US) entitled to compensation or capable of being compensated
adj.
1660s, from French compensable (16c.), from compenser, from Latin compensare (see compensate).
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