"excludable" meaning in English

See excludable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: excludible [alternative], exclusible [alternative]
Etymology: From exclude + -able. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|exclude|able}} exclude + -able Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} excludable (not comparable)
  1. Able to be excluded. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-excludable-en-adj-l3ci6SHa Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -able Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -able: 72 16 12
  2. (economics) To which access can be restricted to only paying customers. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-excludable-en-adj-el47GzKO Categories (other): Economics, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 51 41 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 61 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 50 38 Topics: economics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: excludability, nonexcludable, unexcludable, Witherspoon-excludable

Noun

Forms: excludables [plural], excludible [alternative], exclusible [alternative]
Etymology: From exclude + -able. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|exclude|able}} exclude + -able Head templates: {{en-noun}} excludable (plural excludables)
  1. One who or that which can be excluded.
    Sense id: en-excludable-en-noun-zoyfDZE6

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1990 February 4, Jorge Cortiñas, “Selling Out Immigrants”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 29, page 10:",
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