compensatable

Eligible for payment

Compensatable describes something that can be compensated for—eligible for payment, reimbursement, or offset.

The word appears most often in legal and workplace contexts: a compensatable injury qualifies for workers' compensation benefits, compensatable damages can be remedied through monetary award.

The overtime hours are compensatable under federal law.

reimbursable

refundable

Able to be repaid

recoverable · reclaimable · repayable · deductible · billable · insurable · settleable · recoupable · expensable · allowable

rectifiable

correctable

Able to be fixed

repairable · resolvable · reparable · curable · reversible · emendable · adjustable · modifiable · improvable · salvageable

Opposites
remediability

compensatableirreparable

Cannot be fixed

irremediable · irreversible · permanent · beyond repair · incurable

legal recoverability

compensatablebarred

Blocked from entry

Family

compensate, compensated, compensating, compensates, compensation, compensations, compensatory, compensator, recompense

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