"wageable" meaning in English

See wageable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more wageable [comparative], most wageable [superlative]
Etymology: wage + -able Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|wage|able}} wage + -able Head templates: {{en-adj}} wageable (comparative more wageable, superlative most wageable)
  1. Capable of being waged or fought.
    Sense id: en-wageable-en-adj-iOkOLzo6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -able Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 92 8 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -able: 67 33
  2. For which wages can be paid.
    Sense id: en-wageable-en-adj-rXSaFZi5

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