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chargeable

adj
/ˈt͡ʃɑɹd͡ʒəbəl/US

Etymology

From charge + -able.

  1. derived from carrus — “a car, wagon”
  2. derived from carricō — “to load”
  3. derived from chargier
  4. inherited from chargen
  5. suffixed as chargeable — “charge + able”

Definitions

  1. Able to be charged.

    • The battery is chargeable by means of this device.

  2. That may be charged to an account.

    • In summary, the variation of a lease for consideration is generally chargeable to SDLT.

  3. Liable to be accused (either formally or informally).

    • Thus, if one confines another, even a prisoner, who has not had the small-pox, with an infected person, whereby the one confined takes the distemper and dies, he is chargeable with murder.
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. That one may be legally charged with.

    2. Imputable

    3. Expensive.

      • A gentleman threatening to go to law, was dissuaded from it by his friends, who desired him to consider, for the law was chargeable.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA