Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Being such as to entitle or warrant compensation.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Capable of being compensated.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective receiving money for services rendered.
- adjective qualifying one for receipt of compensation, such as for a bodily injury.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Able to be
compensated ;entitling one tocompensation .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective for which money is paid
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Examples
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But if he IS guilty, then the worst-case scenario is another woman raped, which is not nearly so easily compensable with a later money judgment.
The Volokh Conspiracy » What Should Landlords Do If a Tenant Is Accused of a Violent Crime? 2010
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While allowing for compensation when fairness and justice require it, he implies that they are not compensable when fairness and justice dictate otherwise.
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While allowing for compensation when fairness and justice require it, he implies that they are not compensable when fairness and justice dictate otherwise.
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But if he IS guilty, then the worst-case scenario is another woman raped, which is not nearly so easily compensable with a later money judgment.
The Volokh Conspiracy » What Should Landlords Do If a Tenant Is Accused of a Violent Crime? 2010
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But it left open the question of whether a 99% reduction would be similarly compensable.
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Vaccine court established a list of compensable injuries and lessened frivolous litigation.
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And that distress is compensable by the court system.
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Granted, the loss of the ancient texts from the Library of Alexandria (libraries, actually …) will never be compensable.
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It's still compensable, but then they're not working so you don't run afoul of rules prohibiting voluntary work.
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"Just because her spouse happens to be a woman and she happens to be a woman doesn't make it any less painful, any less egregious and any less compensable," said Ms. Urschel's attorney, Kenneth J. Allen.
Suit Over Death at Fair Tests Gay-Marriage Law Jack Nicas 2011
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