Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Capable of being declared or proved.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Capable of being declared.

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  • adjective Capable of being declared.
  • adjective That must be declared.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective that must be declared

Etymologies

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declare +‎ -able

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Examples

  • According to a November 2008 Wall Street Journal article, "Intelligence Policy (will) Stay Largely Intact" under Obama who recognized and legitimized its existence for use in case of a "national emergency" declarable for any reason, real or contrived.

    Monetary and Fiscal Failure, Fraud, and Fear of What's Next 2009

  • This was ok because it was deemed a worthy cause and not declarable.

    Call My Bluff Newmania 2007

  • This was ok because it was deemed a worthy cause and not declarable.

    Archive 2007-11-18 Newmania 2007

  • "If it was on the company that owned the shares and he benefited from the profit then clearly they were declarable."

    Sky News Discovers the Jowell Smoking Gun 2006

  • In GOOey Osborne's case with some hilarious-if-it-wasn't-so-serious disingenuous cover up story concocted to explain how the Tory's would be Chancellor was funded to the tune of £500,000 by various high falluting city interests, without feeling that this was in any way a declarable interest.

    Iain Dale: Not Crowing Over Wendy Alexander 2008

  • OAKLEY: But though he brought in a law forcing the disclosures of gifts to political parties, Blair's fundraisers have worked their way around this law by asking for non-declarable loans instead.

    CNN Transcript Feb 1, 2007 2007

  • Actually, no one has deductions like the "super-rich," so the deductions threshold you imagine is hardly operable here except in the ever-so-statistically-marginal cases where a "super-rich" person has few declarable deductions.

    "It's the dishonesty." Ann Althouse 2007

  • Actually, no one has deductions like the "super-rich," so the deductions threshold you imagine is hardly operable here except in the ever-so-statistically-marginal cases where a "super-rich" person has few declarable deductions.

    "It's the dishonesty." Ann Althouse 2007

  • BTW, is a love of wood a declarable potential bias, when discussing the importance of proxies derived from wood?

    Thompson, Hardy, Hemp and the Snows of Kilimanjaro « Climate Audit 2006

  • Until that comes in I would suggest that members of a body should be able to vote on all matters before it apart from when they have an declarable interest of course regardless of geographical applicability.

    Tuition fees 2004

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