Eligible or entitled to receive compensation or payment, especially for injury or loss.
From 'compensate' (Latin 'compensare', to weigh together, balance) plus '-able' (capable of being). A legal term establishing entitlement to payment.
An injury is only 'compensable' if it meets specific legal criteria—this single word determines whether a worker gets paid during recovery or receives nothing.
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