chargeable

[chahr-juh-buh l]

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adjective

that may or should be charged: chargeable duty.

liable to be accused or held responsible; indictable: He was held chargeable for the theft.

liable to become a charge on the public.

Origin of chargeable

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at charge, -able

Related formscharge·a·ble·ness, charge·a·bil·i·ty, nouncharge·a·bly, adverbnon·charge·a·ble, adjectiveun·charge·a·ble, adjective

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Related Words for chargeable

answerable, responsible, imputable

Examples from the Web for chargeable

Historical Examples of chargeable

This was not chargeable against the next volumes to be chronicled.
De Libris: Prose and Verse
Austin Dobson
I blame this in other women, and should wish not to be chargeable with it myself.
Memoirs of Marguerite de Valois, Complete
Marguerite de Valois, Queen of Navarre
But Lever is not chargeable either with caricature or concealment.
Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. I (of II)
Edmund Downey
Some imagine the Duchess his daughter had been chargeable to him.
The Diary of John Evelyn, Volume II (of 2)
John Evelyn
If closely enveloped and sealed it is chargeable with letter postage.
Ten Years Among the Mail Bags
James Holbrook

British Dictionary definitions for chargeable

chargeable

adjective

charged or liable to be charged

liable to result in a legal charge

Derived Formschargeableness or chargeability, nounchargeably, adverb

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Word Origin and History for chargeable

adj.

late 15c., "burdensome," from charge (v.) + -able. Sense of "subject to a tax or payment" is from 1610s; that of "liable to be made an expense" is from 1640s; that of "liable to be charged" (with an offense, etc.) is from 1660s.