administrable

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English administer

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis

Proto-Italic *-ðlis

Latin -bilis

Latin -ābilis

Old French -ablebor.

Middle English -able

English -able

English administrable

From administer + -able.

Adjective

administrable (comparative more administrable, superlative most administrable)

1. Able to be administered
   • 1984, Rules for the Federal Tax Treatment of Fringe Benefits:

     Ideally such legislation should ensure horizontal equity between taxpayers and should provide clear and easily administrable rules.

   • 1989, The Public Interest:

     It is very difficult to state a sensible and administrable principle of compensation - but then, it is always difficult to state sensible and administrable principles.

   • 1997, Jon Bennett, NGOs and Governments:

     Active and open NGOs, operating in conjunction with the government under clear and easily administrable laws, are a vital component of a free and functional civil society.

Translations

able to be administered

• Portuguese: administrável

Further reading

• “administrable”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “administer”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “administrable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “administrable”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present.
• “administrable”, in Wordnik.
• “administrable, (manageable*0.05), (practicable*0.05)”, in Google Books Ngram Viewer.

French

Etymology

From administer +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ad.mi.nis.tʁabl/

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Adjective

administrable (plural administrables)

1. administrable