compensableadj.
rare.
Capable of being compensated.
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compensable1656
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Compensable, able to recompence or make amends for.
1661 O. Felltham Resolves (rev. ed.) 286 Future danger; no way compensable by the short delight.
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 £2,100 million.
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adj.1656- within cannonshot
- within clutch
- within commuting distance
- within cooee
- within cooee of
- within cry of
- within door
- within doors
- within driving distance
- within earshot
- within earshot of
- within eld
- within eyeshot
- within eyesight
- within firing range
- within grasp
- within gunshot
- within gunshot of
- within hail
- within hearing
- within land
- within limits
- within little of
- within living memory
- within measurable distance of