Definition of "chargeable" in English

adjective

1. Able to be charged.

   • The battery is chargeable by means of this device.

2. (of expenses etc.) That may be charged to an account.

3. (rare) Liable to be accused (either formally or informally).

4. (of an offense) That one may be legally charged with.

5. Imputable

   • 1853 The Speeches of the Right Honourable Charles James Fox in the House of Common These cruelties are not, indeed, chargeable on Mr. Hastings personally; but when I state, that he levied an unjust war, the consequences that follow he is guilty of.

6. (archaic) Expensive.