awardable

adjective

award·​able ə-ˈwȯr-də-bəl 

law

: able or allowable to be awarded

awardable damages

… allowing courts to consider spouse pensions as awardable marital assets.

—Darlene Gavron Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 25 Nov. 1990

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1642, in the meaning defined above

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Rhymes for awardable

• fordable
• affordable
• recordable
• unaffordable