What does "chargeable" mean?
Able to be charged.
Chargeable
/ˈt͡ʃɑɹd͡ʒəbəl/ adj
adj ·Uncommon ·College level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: Able to be charged.
- Grammar: chargeable is listed as adj.
- Nearest alternatives: accountable, accusable, actionable, against the law.
- Useful contrasts: exempt, free, free interaction.
- Usage evidence: The expense is chargeable on him.
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Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Able to be charged.
"The battery is chargeable by means of this device."
- 2 That may be charged to an account.
"In summary, the variation of a lease for consideration is generally chargeable to SDLT."
- 3 Liable to be accused (either formally or informally). rare
"Thus, if one confines another, even a prisoner, who has not had the small-pox, with an infected person, whereby the one confined takes the distemper and dies, he is chargeable with murder."
- 4 That one may be legally charged with.
"Seferian states in the order that he agrees with Carter and the other charging parties that "the actions taken by Sister Levy have had and will continue to have the adverse effects on the union complained of by the charging parties." But Seferian found that Levy committed no chargeable offense since freedom of speech is guaranteed in AFSCME's International Constitution."
- 5 Imputable
"1853 The Speeches of the Right Honourable Charles James Fox in the House of Common These cruelties are not, indeed, chargeable on Mr. Hastings personally; but when I state, that he levied an unjust war, the consequences that follow he is guilty of."
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- 6 Expensive. archaic
"A gentleman threatening to go to law, was dissuaded from it by his friends, who desired him to consider, for the law was chargeable."
Adjective
- 1 liable to be accused, or cause for such liability wordnet
- 2 capable of being charged wordnet
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
"The expense is chargeable on him."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "chargeable"?
Common synonyms include: accountable, accusable, actionable, against the law, amenable, anarchic.
How do you use "chargeable" in a sentence?
The expense is chargeable on him.
How do you pronounce "chargeable"?
Pronounced /ˈt͡ʃɑɹd͡ʒəbəl/.
Etymology
From charge + -able.