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Synonyms for recoverable


Grammar : Adj
Spell : ri-kuhv-er-uh-buh l
Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈkʌv ər ə bəl



Définition of recoverable

Origin :
  • late 15c., from Old French recouvrable, from recouvrer (see recover) .
  • As in reparable : adj remediable
Example sentences :
  • In New Jersey, an advocate's fees are not recoverable at law.
  • Extract from : « An Essay on Professional Ethics » by George Sharswood
  • Nerve in riding is recoverable by practice on a very confidential horse.
  • Extract from : « The Horsewoman » by Alice M. Hayes
  • Bets on horse-races are illegal; and therefore are not recoverable by law.
  • Extract from : « The Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims » by Andrew Steinmetz
  • A gift not conditioned on compensation shall not be recoverable.
  • Extract from : « Studies in Moro History, Law, and Religion » by Najeeb M. Saleeby
  • Penalty for offence, 100, recoverable with full costs of suit (s. 192).
  • Extract from : « Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II » by Arnold Cooley
  • Some better knowledge of it than we now possess, must be, I think, recoverable.
  • Extract from : « Notes and Queries, Vol. V, Number 127, April 3, 1852 » by Various
  • This breed is now recoverable, probably, only by importation from Asia.
  • Extract from : « Sheep, Swine, and Poultry » by Robert Jennings
  • Money debts, it is true, were recoverable from an early time.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 2 » by Various
  • Most kinds of offerings are now recoverable in secular courts.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 9 » by Various
  • Luckily the officers tents were recoverable, but not the men's.
  • Extract from : « Letters from Mesopotamia » by Robert Palmer

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