Subject to be charge or accused; liable or responsible; as, revenues chargeable with a claim; a man chargeable with murder.

liable to be accused, or cause for such liability; "the suspect was chargeable"; "an indictable offense"

There are numerical limits on the number of immigrant visas that can be granted to aliens form any one foreign country. This limit is the same for all countries. The limit is based on place of birth, not citizenship. Where the immigrant is "charged", means that person is counted towards a given country's numerical limit. For example, an immigrant born in Ethiopia is "charged" to Ethiopia, and therefore counted towards reaching the numerical limit for that country. The person would be "charged" to Ethiopia, even if the immigrant born in Ethiopia was born of Yemeni parents and has a passport from Yemen.

Serving to create expense; costly; burdensome.

That may be charged, laid, imposed, or imputes; as, a duty chargeable on iron; a fault chargeable on a man.

The total number of copies the customer is willing to pay for; chargeable equals NET (the number of copies ordered) plus the number of OVERRUN copies the customer is willing to buy. Some customers accept only the NET amount; others will accept up to 5% beyond Net.