compensable

Examples

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• (In most other states, a fall on the stairs at work is compensable, even if the stairs were free of hazards.)

  Blog text (12)

• Emotional distress is not compensable under the convention.

  Academic text (2001)

• If the scales were out of balance in this respect, the defendant was at fault, and the harm due to the use was compensable.

  Academic text (1998)

• Only if the authorized use operated negligently would injury to a neighbor be compensable.

  Academic text (1998)

• Prior to reform, cases of injuries at common elevators or stairwells leading to the employer were regarded as compensable under the extended premises doctrine.

  Blog text (5)

• If a plaintiff's business losses are based upon the exercise of a public right or a riparian right, courts have found that pure economic losses are compensable under the public nuisance theory.

  Academic text (1990)

• In 1922, in Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. Mahon, the United States Supreme Court found that a compensable taking could occur when a regulation, rather than a physical occupation, restricted a landowner's use of property.

  Academic text (1996)

• In July 1993, the Veterans Administration announced that Hodgkin's disease and a skin blistering condition called porphyria cutanea tarda would also be compensable.

  Academic text (1993)

• The insurance policy clearly states which losses are compensable and how much coverage is provided.

• Injuries sustained while performing assigned tasks are typically compensable according to company policy.

Synonyms

R

recoupable

vscompensable

1 6.5

Able to get back money you spent or lost

is about having a right to receive payment rather than being actually recoverable

Antonyms

U

uncompensated

3 6.5

Not paid for work or services

N

noncompensable

• Formal

8.9

Not allowed to receive money for a loss under a law or policy

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology