What is "chargeable" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does chargeable mean in English? Meaning of chargeable definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "chargeable" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "chargeable": liable to be accused, or cause for such liability

Adjective

  • Meaning: liable to be accused, or cause for such liability
  • Example: the suspect was chargeable an indictable offense
  • Synonyms: chargeable indictable
  • Similar: guilty
  • Adjective: (nonstandard, of expenses etc.) That may be charged to an account.(rare) Liable to be accused (either formally or informally). 1865, Joel Prentiss Bishop, Commentaries on the Criminal Law (volume 2, page 380) 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.1865, Joel Prentiss Bishop, Commentaries on the Criminal Law (volume 2, page 380) 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.
  • Synonyms:

    answerable, responsible, imputable,

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    chargeable in English: chargeable
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