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n.The amount of money that a worker is capable of earning on the open market.
The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008.
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earning capacity — The power of a person or a business enterprise to earn money or show a profit; to earn money or show a profit in a particular sum. The power to create property from earnings. Local Loan Co. v Hunt, 292 US 234, 78 L Ed 1230, 54 S Ct 695. An… … Ballentine's law dictionary
earning capacity — Term refers to capability of worker to sell his labor or services in any market reasonably accessible to him, taking into consideration his general physical functional impairment resulting from his accident, any previous disability, his… … Black's law dictionary
earning capacity — Term refers to capability of worker to sell his labor or services in any market reasonably accessible to him, taking into consideration his general physical functional impairment resulting from his accident, any previous disability, his… … Black's law dictionary
earning capacity — / ɜ:nɪŋ kəˌpæsɪti/ noun the amount of money someone should be able to earn … Dictionary of banking and finance
loss of earning capacity — n. Damage to a person’s ability to earn money in the future. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008 … Law dictionary
loss of earning capacity — An element of future damages resulting from a personal injury where the effect of the injury extends beyond the time of trial of the action for the injury in a decrease in earning capacity. 22 Am J2d Damg § 89 … Ballentine's law dictionary
capacity — n. ability to hold 1) to capacity (filled to capacity) 2) lung; seating; storage capacity 3) a capacity of (a capacity of twenty gallons) ability 4) intellectual, mental capacity 5) one s earning capacity 6) a capacity for (a capacity for making… … Combinatory dictionary
capacity — noun 1 amount held/produced ADJECTIVE ▪ high, large ▪ a high capacity electric pump ▪ large capacity disk drives ▪ limited, small … Collocations dictionary
capacity — ca|pac|i|ty [ kə pæsəti ] noun count or uncount *** 1. ) the amount of something that can be put in a container or the number of people that a place has room for: capacity of: The fuel tanks have a capacity of 25,000 gallons. a concert hall with… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
capacity */*/*/ — UK [kəˈpæsətɪ] / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms capacity : singular capacity plural capacities 1) a) the amount of something that can be put in a container, or the number of people that a place has room for There are plans to increase … English dictionary
