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claimable

adj · noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Able to be claimed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • 1845 The New Statistical Account of Scotland The existence of a legally claimable provision will, it is to be feared, tend everywhere more or less to produce its usual pernicious effects on the natural benevolence and moral independence of the people.

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noun

Meaning 2

Something that can be claimed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

Etymology tree English claim Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dhlom Proto-Indo-European *-dhlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English claimable From claim + -able.