assignable

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Capable of being assigned (all senses).

   In many programming languages, numeric values are not assignable to string variables.

2. 2
   adj

   Capable of being specified or shown.

   While, on the one hand, industry is limited by capital, so on the other, every increase of capital gives, or is capable of giving, additional employment to industry ; and this without assignable limit.

3. 3
   adj

   legally transferable to the ownership of another

From assign + -able.

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