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chargeable

[ chahr-juh-buhl ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

that may or should be charged: charge:
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.

chargeable

/ ˈtʃɑːdʒəbəl /

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

Man by nature is degraded, because he is chargeable with original and actual sin, and because he wills not to obey God.

The saddest fault he is chargeable with, his abandonment of Angela, has been already committed.

In the broadest interpretation, sales costs include every expense properly chargeable to the sale of goods.

The expression “contributory place” means a place other than a parish chargeable with special expenses.

I am not a man that would be chargeable or a dishonour to those who nominated me to my employment.

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