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ˈchargeableness [f. prec. + -ness.] The quality or fact of being chargeable: †a. esp. Burdensomeness, costliness, expense (obs.). b. The fact that a thing is accountable, accountability.
1647Bp. Hall Rem. Wks. (1660) 6 If the chargeableness of that course were the hinderance. 1674Staveley Rom. Horseleech (1769) 203 The chargeableness and expensiveness of popery. 16822nd Plea Nonconformists 29 No respect to his Gray Hairs, [or] the chargeableness of a diseased Body. 1691T. H[ale] Acc. New Invent. 11 Proving the chargeableness of this evil on Lead-sheathing. |