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compensable

adj · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • CMU ARPABET: K AH0 M P EH1 N S AH0 B AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Able to be compensated.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: compensatable, recompensable

Antonyms: incompensable, irrecompensable, uncompensable, unrecompensable

2

adj

Meaning 2

Entitling one to compensation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • compensable disease
  • Coalworker's pneumoconiosis is a compensable disease in various countries, and it is a preventable disease where the costs of its prevention are not shirked as externalities.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: compensatable, recompensable

Antonyms: incompensable, irrecompensable, uncompensable, unrecompensable

3

noun

Meaning 3

That which is eligible for compensation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

for which money is paid

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a paying job
  • remunerative work
  • salaried employment
  • stipendiary services

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: paying(a), remunerative, salaried, stipendiary

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from French compensable; by surface analysis, compens(ate) + -able.

Across languages

Translations

6 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: compensable — able to be compensated
  • Finnish: korvattava — able to be compensated
  • French: compensable — able to be compensated
  • German: entschädigungspflichtig — able to be compensated
  • Italian: retribuibile — able to be compensated
  • Romanian: compensabil — able to be compensated