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.

RELATED WORDS

answerable, responsible, imputable

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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Examples from the Web for chargeable

The saddest fault he is chargeable with, his abandonment of Angela, has been already committed.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 67, Number 414, April, 1850|Various
Those who are chargeable with it may "profess that they know God, but in works they deny Him."
Modern Atheism under its forms of Pantheism, Materialism, Secularism, Development, and Natural Laws|James Buchanan
He worked with his hands; he wrought with labor and travail night and day, in order not to be chargeable or burdensome to any.
Notes on the Book of Deuteronomy, Volume II|Charles Henry Mackintosh
Education is chargeable with producing a condition for which parents and not school teachers are responsible.
Twentieth Century Negro Literature|Various

I know you are happier for hearing it in full; but remember, my errors are not chargeable upon you.
Hopes and Fears|Charlotte M. Yonge

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.