declarable

declarable — adjective

  • declarablepositive
  • more declarablecomparative
  • most declarablesuperlative

1. describing goods, income, assets, interests, or relationships that you are legal

1.adjectiveB2
Definition

describing goods, income, assets, interests, or relationships that you are legally or officially required to give information about — such as items bought abroad that must be listed on a customs form, or money earned from freelance work that must be reported to the tax office.

Example

All imported electronics worth over 500 dollars are declarable at the customs checkpoint.

declarable at [place/checkpoint]

After the election, each candidate must submit a list of declarable donations to the commission.

declarable + donations / income / assets (typical objects)

Common collocations
  • declarable goods
  • declarable income
  • declarable assets
  • declarable donations
  • declarable gifts
  • declarable items
  • declarable interest
  • declarable earnings
Synonyms
  • reportable

    broader in scope — can refer to any information that must be communicated, not only to authorities

  • disclosable

    more formal, used especially in legal, financial, or professional contexts

  • taxable

    narrower — applies only to income or goods that incur tax, not to all reporting obligations

Antonyms
  • exempt

    officially excused from the requirement to declare

  • non-reportable

    not required to be reported under applicable rules

Grammar Patterns

be + declarable

declarable + noun

Usage Note

Almost always used in legal, tax, customs, or financial contexts. The obligation meaning ('must be declared') is far more common in real usage than the capability meaning ('can be declared'). The word appears most frequently in the structure 'be declarable' — e.g. 'is declarable', 'are declarable'.

Common Mistakes

This piece of gossip is not declarable to anyone.
This piece of gossip is not something you should share with anyone.
'declarable' is restricted to formal, legal, or administrative reporting obligations; it is not used for casual sharing of information.

Word family

Synonym discussion

Sense: adjective/1

All three alternatives describe something that must be formally communicated, but they differ in scope and context. 'Declarable' is the narrowest — it applies specifically to legal or administrative reporting obligations where you submit official information to an authority (customs, tax office, election commission). 'Reportable' is the broadest; it covers any situation where information must be passed on, from workplace incidents to medical conditions, and does not always imply a formal authority. 'Disclosable' is used in legal and financial contexts where transparency rules apply — for example, a lawyer must disclose a conflict of interest. 'Taxable' is limited to items or income that incur tax, and something can be taxable without being separately declarable (if the information is already known to the tax authority). For example: a gift from a business partner may be declarable under company policy but not taxable unless it exceeds a certain value.

reportable ↗disclosable ↗taxable ↗

Common collocations

Nouns

Adverbs

  • legally declarable
  • potentially declarable
  • separately declarable
  • automatically declarable

Phrases

  • declarable at customs
  • declarable under the law
  • declarable for tax purposes

Etymology

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Derived from the Latin verb 'declarare' meaning 'to make clear, to make known', combined with the English suffix '-able' meaning 'capable of being' or 'worthy of'. The word entered English in the late 15th century as 'declaren' (via Old French 'declarer'), and the adjectival form 'declarable' emerged later to describe things that can or must be formally disclosed.