dischargeable
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- adjective
- /dɪsˈtʃɑrdʒəbl/
- Specialized
:
exonerable
- Historical changes have made certain debts like medical bills dischargeable during bankruptcy proceedings.
Examples
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The remedy is to either subject private student loans to the existing loan limits (add borrower safeguards) or to make private student loans dischargeable in bankruptcy (take away lender safeguards).
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Private student loans should be dischargeable in bankruptcy, while federal student loans should not be.
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Prior to 1976, all educational debt was dischargeable.
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Bad student loans were historically dischargeable.
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Student loan debts are generally not dischargeable in bankruptcy proceedings, even with respect to those who co-signed for them.
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They are going to be able to get some high-profile judgments that won't be dischargeable in bankruptcy.
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Given that federal (and private) student loans are not dischargeable in bankruptcy, these students are on the hook for accruing interest and penalties for the rest of their lives.
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The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed, holding that the state essentially sought from the respondent only a monetary payment and that such a required payment was a liability on a claim that was dischargeable under the Code.
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For example, chapter 13 allowed debtors to retain most of their assets (rather than merely the exempt assets) and provided a super discharge that relieved debtors of certain debts that would not be dischargeable in a chapter 7 liquidation.
Academic text (2017) -
Under the current law, many types of debt are dischargeable in bankruptcy, allowing individuals to start fresh.
Synonyms
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At risk of losing your job because of bad work
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Can be removed from a job or rejected by a person in charge
Antonyms
How Removable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Dischargeable comes from the verb discharge, where dis- means 'away' and charge means 'a duty or responsibility' (think 'in charge'). So to discharge someone is to take their duty away, and dischargeable means a duty or debt can be removed.