chargeable

a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.

a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.

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chargeable (ˈtʃɑːdʒəb^əl)

—*adj*
1.	charged or liable to be charged
2.	liable to result in a legal charge

'chargeableness

—n

chargea'bility

—n

'chargeably

—*adv*

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Word Origin & History

chargeable

1480, "burdensome," from charge + -able. Sense of "subject to a tax or payment" is from 1614; that of "liable to be made an expense" is from 1646; that of "liable to be charged" (with an offense, etc.) is from 1662.

Example sentences

The clerk of the court of any city not within a county shall not include such

fees in the bill of costs chargeable to the state.

Absence because of illness not chargeable against vacation unless employee

approves.

First, increases in salary and benefits have caused the fees chargeable for

reproducing financial records to become outdated.

It's chargeable and triable that way, but a reasonable prosecutor could settle

for less.

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Related Words

cost person-to-person

responsible station-to-station

Matching Quote

"When an old Woman begins to doat [sic], and grow chargeable to a Parish, she is generally turned into a Witch, and fills the whole Country with extravagant Fancies, imaginary Distempers, and terrifying Dreams. In the mean time, the poor Wretch that is the innocent Occasion of so many Evils begins to be frighted at her self, and sometimes confesses secret Commerces and Familiarities that her Imagination forms in a delirious old Age."

-Joseph Addison