chargeable asset

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noun

any asset that can give rise to assessment for capital gains tax on its disposal. Exempt assets include principal private residences, cars, investments held in a personal equity plan, and government securities

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How to use chargeable asset in a sentence

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Man by nature is degraded, because he is chargeable with original and actual sin, and because he wills not to obey God.
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But that he did not count an asset, because he had not himself taken account of this new capital.
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