chargeable

/'tʃɑ:dʤəbl/

Thân thiện

The suspect is chargeable with the offense.

Definition

1. 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.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. liable to be accused, or cause for such liability
   • the suspect was chargeable
   • an indictable offense

Từ đồng nghĩa

• indictable