chargeable

adjective

charge·​able ˈchär-jə-bəl 

1

archaic : financially burdensome : expensive

2

: liable to be charged: such as

a

: liable to be accused or held responsible

b

: suitable to be charged to a particular account

c

: qualified to be made a charge on the county or parish

Examples of chargeable in a Sentence

The business lunch was chargeable to the company.

an act chargeable under federal law

Recent Examples on the Web

Santos made the grave error of not just lying about his background to voters — which while unethical and unsavory is not a crime — but embezzling donor funds for personal expenses and lying to Congress, among other things, which are chargeable offenses that have now resulted in his conviction. —New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2025

Your basic attacks include light and heavy strikes, chargeable special moves, a throw, and a jumping attack. —Jordan Minor, PCMAG, 4 Mar. 2025

Carbon-neutral approach A lower overvoltage results in a greater proportion of chargeable energy being effectively utilized during discharge. —Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 1 Mar. 2025

So nearly 30 years after Bell’s death, Charlotte-Mecklenburg are changing his classification from a suspect in Cornett’s disappearance to a chargeable suspect in her murder. —Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 25 Feb. 2025

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, "burdensome, distressing, serious, liable (for payments, taxes collected)," from Anglo-French chargeable, charchable "weighty, important, liable to be charged," from charger "to load, burden, call to account" + -able -able — more at charge entry 1

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for chargeable

• dischargeable
• rechargeable