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claimable

claimable

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You can ask for it because you have a right to get it, for example a refund
  • adjective
  • /ˈkleɪməbl/
: reclamable
  • Make sure to check if your unused vacation days are still claimable before they expire.

Examples

  • You can add a ton of listings to your site and mark them as "claimable."

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  • Once you read this simple tutorial, you'll be anxious to put claimable listings on your site.

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  • The financial aid office informed students that the scholarships are claimable by anyone who meets the eligibility requirements.

  • She filled out the required forms to get the claimable benefits from her health insurance.

Surface Forms

claimable positive

Morphology

claimable = claim (transparent) = claim + able

Regular adjectival formation from the verb 'claim' with the productive suffix '-able', meaning 'able to be claimed'.

Etymology

Claimable comes from the verb claim, which goes back to the Latin root clamare meaning 'to shout' or 'call out' and is the same root behind proclaim and exclaim; people once 'called out' a right or demand. So, if something is claimable, it can be asked for or taken as your right.