† feeableadj.
Obsolete.
Subject to fees. In quots., That may be taken as a perquisite (see fee n.2 8).
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society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > [adjective] > that may be taken as perquisite
feeable1461
1461 Liber Niger in Househ. Ord. 73 When thenges byn of wyne and vesseals feble or perused.
1469 in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (1790) 95 The remanent to be feable.
1469 in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (1790) 95 The panyers of sea-fisshe to be feeable; and their fees to be divided to the yoman groomes and pages.
1847–78 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words (citing Hall) Feable, subject to fees.
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