chargeable
/'tʃɑ:dʤəbl/
Definition
- Adjective:
- Financially accountable; subject to a fee or cost: Describes something for which a payment is required or can be demanded, or an expense that can be attributed to a specific account or person.
- Legally accountable; liable to be formally accused: Describes a person or action that can be subject to a formal criminal charge or indictment.
Usage
- Financial Context: Used to indicate that a cost or expense is applicable and must be paid. It often specifies what account or entity is responsible for the payment.
- Legal Context: Used to describe a person who can be formally accused of a crime or an offense that is serious enough to warrant a formal charge.
Examples
- Financial:
- The phone calls made from the hotel room are chargeable to the guest's account.
- Any repairs needed due to negligence will be chargeable to the tenant.
- Legal:
- The evidence was sufficient to make the suspect chargeable with fraud.
- Assault with a deadly weapon is a chargeable offense in all jurisdictions.
Advanced Usage
- "chargeable to": Attributable as a cost or responsibility to a specific person, account, or entity.
- All travel expenses are chargeable to the project's budget.
- "chargeable as": Considered or classified as a specific type of offense.
- His actions could be chargeable as gross misconduct.
Variants and Related Words
- Charge (verb/noun): The root word meaning to demand payment or to formally accuse.
- Rechargeable (adj.): Capable of being charged again, especially a battery.
- Unchargeable (adj.): Not subject to being charged, either financially or legally.
Synonyms
- Financial: Billable, payable, taxable, leviable.
- Legal: Indictable, prosecutable, impeachable, accusable.
Related Phrases
- Chargeable event: An occurrence that triggers a tax liability or fee.
- The sale of the asset is a chargeable event for capital gains tax.
- Chargeable gain: A profit from the sale of an asset that is subject to tax.
- He had to pay tax on the chargeable gain from the property sale.
Adjective
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liable to be accused, or cause for such liability
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the suspect was chargeable
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an indictable offense
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