Word Meanings - CHARGEABLE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. That may be charged, laid, imposed, or imputes; as, a duty chargeable on iron; a fault chargeable on a man. 2. Subject to be charge or accused; liable or responsible; as, revenues chargeable with a claim; a man chargeable with murder. 3. Serving

Additional info about word: CHARGEABLE

1. That may be charged, laid, imposed, or imputes; as, a duty chargeable on iron; a fault chargeable on a man. 2. Subject to be charge or accused; liable or responsible; as, revenues chargeable with a claim; a man chargeable with murder. 3. Serving to create expense; costly; burdensome. That we might not be chargeable to any of you. 2. Thess. iii. 8. For the sculptures, which are elegant, were very chargeable. Evelyn.

Related words: (words related to CHARGEABLE)

• RESPONSIBLE
  1. Liable to respond; likely to be called upon to answer; accountable; answerable; amenable; as, a guardian is responsible to the court for his conduct in the office. 2. Able to respond or answer for one's conduct and obligations; trustworthy,
• ACCUSATIVELY
  1. In an accusative manner. 2. In relation to the accusative case in grammar.
• SERVING
  a & n. from Serve. Serving board , a flat piece of wood used in serving ropes. -- Serving maid, a female servant; a maidservant. -- Serving mallet , a wooden instrument shaped like a mallet, used in serving ropes. -- Serving man, a male servant,
• IMPOSABLE
  Capable of being imposed or laid on. Hammond.
• ACCUSTOMARILY
  Customarily.
• CHARGEANT
  Burdensome; troublesome. Chaucer.
• FAULTINESS
  Quality or state of being faulty. Round, even to faultiness. Shak.
• SUBJECTION
  1. The act of subjecting, or of bringing under the dominion of another; the act of subduing. The conquest of the kingdom, and subjection of the rebels. Sir M. Hale. 2. The state of being subject, or under the power, control, and government
• SUBJECTIST
  One skilled in subjective philosophy; a subjectivist.
• ACCUSTOMEDNESS
  Habituation. Accustomedness to sin hardens the heart. Bp. Pearce.
• SUBJECTNESS
  Quality of being subject.
• SERVO-MOTOR
  A relay apparatus; specif.: An auxiliary motor, regulated by a hand lever, for quickly and easily moving the reversing gear of a large marine engine into any desired position indicated by that of the hand lever, which controls the valve
• SERVILELY
  In a servile manner; slavishly.
• ACCUSE
  Accusation. Shak.
• SERVILENESS
  Quality of being servile; servility.
• IMPOSINGNESS
  The quality of being imposing.
• CHARGEABLE
  1. That may be charged, laid, imposed, or imputes; as, a duty chargeable on iron; a fault chargeable on a man. 2. Subject to be charge or accused; liable or responsible; as, revenues chargeable with a claim; a man chargeable with murder. 3. Serving
• SERVABLE
  Capable of being preserved. (more info) 1. Capable of being served. 2. Etym:
• IMPOSTRESS; IMPOSTRIX
  A woman who imposes upon or deceives others. Fuller.
• SERVITORSHIP
  The office, rank, or condition of a servitor. Boswell.
• DISSERVE
  To fail to serve; to do injury or mischief to; to damage; to hurt; to harm. Have neither served nor disserved the interests of any party. Jer. Taylor. (more info) Etym:
• RESERVE
  1. To keep back; to retain; not to deliver, make over, or disclose. "I have reserved to myself nothing." Shak. 2. Hence, to keep in store for future or special use; to withhold from present use for another purpose or time; to keep; to retain. Gen.
• RECLAIMABLE
  That may be reclaimed.
• PICK-FAULT
  One who seeks out faults.
• DESERVEDNESS
  Meritoriousness.
• MISCHARGE
  To charge erroneously, as in account. -- n.
• UNAPPLIABLE
  Inapplicable. Milton.
• CONSERVATIONAL
  Tending to conserve; preservative.
• ENCHARGE
  To charge ; to impose upon. His countenance would express the spirit and the passion of the part he was encharged with. Jeffrey.