Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Suitable to be charged, as to an account.
- adjective Liable to be accused or indicted.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Capable of being charged.
- Expensive; costly; causing expense, and hence burdensome.
- Weighty; involving care and trouble.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective That may be charged, laid, imposed, or imputes.
- adjective Subject to be charge or accused; liable or responsible.
- adjective Serving to create expense; costly; burdensome.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective nonstandard That may be
charged to anaccount . - adjective rare Liable to be
accused (either formally or informally).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective liable to be accused, or cause for such liability
Etymologies
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Examples
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The other option is to call a chargeable phone support.
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But my older son has already learned to ask if the batteries inside a particular thing are "'chargeable" or not.
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The side port is what Samsung calls 'chargeable' which means it supplies power even when the computer is off, meaning you can charge music players and mobile phones more easily, a nice touch, though it has to be enabled using a supplied program.
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What they did: although the Citadel counselor's acts are chargeable as felonies in South Carolina the Citadel chose not to tell police.
Christine Pelosi: Citadel Leaders Who Covered Up Child Sex Abuse Charges Must Stand Down Christine Pelosi 2011
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What they did: although the Citadel counselor's acts are chargeable as felonies in South Carolina the Citadel chose not to tell police.
Christine Pelosi: Citadel Leaders Who Covered Up Child Sex Abuse Charges Must Stand Down Christine Pelosi 2011
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Sina is learning to push campaigns out at peak times – 10 to 11.10am and 2 to 3.30pm – and is also looking at other chargeable service for brands.
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Now don't get me wrong, Bahlul's conduct may very well have constituted any number of crimes chargeable in our regular federal courts, for example, conspiracy to kill U.S. civilians.
Human Rights First: A Fine Precedent for Obama Military Commissions Human Rights First 2011
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What they did: although the Citadel counselor's acts are chargeable as felonies in South Carolina the Citadel chose not to tell police.
Christine Pelosi: Citadel Leaders Who Covered Up Child Sex Abuse Charges Must Stand Down Christine Pelosi 2011
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If we are to arrest Protestant terrorists who are not chargeable (for the same evidential reasons which lead us to resort to detention rather than prosecution for many Provisionals), then we need to extend our policy.
MoD took softer line on loyalist paramilitaries, secret files reveal Owen Bowcott 2010
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What they did: although the Citadel counselor's acts are chargeable as felonies in South Carolina the Citadel chose not to tell police.
Christine Pelosi: Citadel Leaders Who Covered Up Child Sex Abuse Charges Must Stand Down Christine Pelosi 2011
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