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    [Adjective]  | "charge*able" | \ ˈchär-jə-bəl \


    1: financially burdensome : expensive

    2: liable to be charged: such as

    3: liable to be accused or held responsible


    Origin: 15th century ;

     Middle English, "burdensome, distressing, serious, liable (for payments, taxes collected)," from Anglo-French chargeable, charchable "weighty, important, liable to be charged," from charger "to load, burden, call to account" + -able {see: |-able|-able} {mat|charge:1|};

     [ "Sympathy Chargeables" ]

    1: In an audit or law firm the basis of existence is chargeability. When someone you like is not busy, you can give them non work and a code charge it to, in sympathy for their unutilised state. Thus sympathy chargeables

      * e.g.,  ... It was a bit slow last week, but there were a few managers who gave me sympathy chargeables so my utilisation wasnt as bad as it could have been 

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