单词 | chargeable |
释义 | chargeableadj.ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > [adjective] > encumbering > burdening chargeous138. onerous1395 chargeantc1400 onerable?a1475 importunable?c1485 chargeand1487 onerosea1500 chargeable1509 chargeful1529 burdenousa1535 onerarious1548 burdensome1578 loadsome1578 burdeninga1616 loading1625 1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. xlixv Laboures dyuers to chargeable of warke. a1635 T. Randolph Ode A. Stafford 4 Leave the chargeable noise of this great Towne. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [adjective] > grave or serious heavy971 highOE earnestfula1400 solemn1420 weighty1489 ponderousa1500 chargeablea1513 serious1531 earnest1533 gravous1535 capitala1538 deep1598 grave1824 a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. clxv. f. lxxxxiiiiv Charlys was at that tyme lettyd with Chargeable busynesse. 1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 565/1 The iudges shall in full chargeable and lamentable wise, charge the parties..to make true relation. 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. v. vi. §3. 718 His chargeable and remarkeable seruice. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > responsibility > [adjective] chargeablea1533 chargeful1553 responsible1763 a1533 J. Frith Mirroure (?1536) ii. sig. Av A chargeable office is committed vnto the. 1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie 4th Serm. sig. Kiiiv Supremacye [of the church]..wylbe a chargeable dignitie whan accompte shalbe asked of it. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > [adjective] > involving great or excessive expenditure dear1044 chargeous138. wastyc1380 dear-boughtc1384 costlewa1387 costlya1425 costy?c1430 costfulc1450 costablea1475 chargeable1480 sumptuous1485 chargeful1529 deep1608 tributary1632 burdenablec1650 expensivea1661 consumptive1753 capital-intensive1907 1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. ccxxxiv. 255 Grete taxes, costages and raunsonnes—whiche charges were importable and to chargeable. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Sam. xiii. 25 Let vs not all go, lest we be to chargeable vnto the. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 234 Costly and chargeable apparell. 1618–29 in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll. (1659) App. 15 The Innes and Victualling-houses in England are more chargeble to the Travellers, then in other Countreys. 1660 Exact Accompt Trial Regicides (1679) 186 That [royalty] was a dangerous, chargeable, and useless Office. 1706 R. Estcourt Fair Example ii. i. 20 Oxford is a chargeable Place, Sir, there is no living there without it [money]. 1796 E. Burke Two Lett. Peace Regicide Directory France iii, in Wks. (1808) VIII. 417 They..furnish them with every chargeable decoration. II. Capable of being, or liable to be, charged: in various senses and constructions of the verb. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > responsibility > [adjective] > responsible, answerable, or liable accountablec1400 accountant1429 answerable1446 responsalc1460 countable1495 liable1542 chargeable1546 responsable1565 correspondent1612 countant1638 responsible1640 responsive1642 amenablea1781 1546 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 199 Ye ministers of the Guyld be not chardgeable towardes the cure. 1613 Sir F. Cottington in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. i. 267 III. 109 None to speake with them but theyr chargable keepers. 1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. 431 A master is..chargeable if any of his family casteth any thing out of his house into the street..to the damage of any individual. 1845 H. J. Stephen New Comm. Laws Eng. II. 56 Writing signed by the party chargeable. 6. Liable to be charged with (a fault, etc.). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > accusation, charge > [adjective] > open to accusation chesounablea1340 challengeable1377 accusablea1525 answerable1527 condemnablea1586 responsible1648 imputable1660 chargeable1662 1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ iii. i. §7 Another thing which is chargeable with the very same difficulty in a higher degree. 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 172. ⁋11 Chargeable with all the guilt and folly of their own actions. 1870 F. C. Bowen Logic xiii. 424 The faults with which it is chargeable. 7. Subject to a charge, tax, or payment. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > charges > [adjective] > subject to a charge chargeable1614 1614 J. Selden Titles of Honor 268 If he then had a Thane..that to the King's tax..had fiue Hydes of land chargeable. 1641 Sir T. Trevor in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll.: Third Pt. (1692) I. 341 That he the said John Hampden..was Chargeable with the Money then in question. 1775 S. Johnson Taxation no Tyranny 29 Chargeable by English taxation. 1817 Ld. Lascelles in Parl. Deb. 1st Ser. 782 A bill to make lead mines chargeable to the Poor Rates. 1845 J. R. McCulloch Treat. Taxation ii. v. 230 The various duties with which it had..been chargeable. 8. Liable to be made a charge or expense (to the parish, etc.). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > [adjective] > liable to be made an expense chargeable1646 1646 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 189 Widowes..not to be such as are or haue bene a charge or chargeable to the said parish of Hartest. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 117. ¶9 When an old Woman begins to..grow chargeable to a Parish, she is generally turned into a Witch. 1885 Law Rep.: Queen's Bench Div. 14 359 Relief and employment of the chargeable poor. 9. Capable of being charged as a liability, obligation, debt, fault, offence, upon, on a person, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > accusation, charge > [adjective] > capable of being charged taxable1610 chargeable1654 objectable1656 1654 T. Gataker Disc. Apol. 47 The repair of the Bodie of the Church were no way chargable upon the Rector. 1796 Bp. R. Watson Apol. for Bible 271 The blunder is not chargeable upon Matthew. 1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) I. 510 Such debts as are chargeable on the inheritance. 1863 W. Phillips Speeches vi. 104 The same faults are chargeable on the leaders of all the popular movements in England. 10. Proper to be charged to an account. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > charges > [adjective] > subject to a charge > that may be charged to chargeable1848 debitable1895 1848 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 III. ix. 497 The balance..unless this were also chargeable to territory. 1884 Law Rep.: Queen's Bench Div. 13 85 The question whether extraordinary expenditure after the entry..is rightly chargeable to general average. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < |
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