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chargeable

[chahr-juh-buhl]

Origin

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:
1350–1400; Middle English; see charge, -able

Related forms

charge·a·ble·ness, charge·a·bil·i·ty, noun

charge·a·bly, adverb

non·charge·a·ble, adjective

un·charge·a·ble, adjective

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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.

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