comˈpensable, a. rare.
[a. F. compensable (16th c. in Littré), f. compenser to compense: see -able.]
Capable of being compensated.
| 1661 Feltham Resolves ii. l. (1677) 260 Future danger, no way compensable by the short delight. 1656 in Blount Glossogr. 1721 in Bailey; thence in Johnson and mod. Dicts. 1970 Daily Tel. 14 May 13/8 The study estimated the ‘compensable loss’ arising from those accidents as {pstlg}2,100 million. |