单词 | chargeableness |
释义 | chargeablenessn. The quality or fact of being chargeable: ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > [noun] > that on which money is expended > costliness costiousnessc1443 sumptuousness1525 costliness1528 sumpture?1624 chargeablenessa1656 expensiveness1655 a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) i. 6 If the chargeableness of that course were the hinderance. 1674 T. Staveley Romish Horseleech xxiv. 203 The Chargeableness, and expensiveness of Popery. 1682 E. Pearse Conformist's 2nd Plea for Nonconformists 29 No respect to his Gray Hairs, [or] the chargeableness of a diseased Body. b. The fact that a thing is accountable, accountability. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > accusation, charge > [noun] > liability to be charged chargeableness1691 1691 T. Hale Acct. New Inventions 11 Proving the chargeableness of this evil on Lead-sheathing. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < |
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