amenable: Meaning and Definition of

a•me•na•ble

Pronunciation: (u-mē'nu-bul, u-men'u-), [key]
— adj.
  1. ready or willing to answer, act, agree, or yield; open to influence, persuasion, or advice; agreeable; submissive; tractable: an amenable servant.
  2. liable to be called to account; answerable; legally responsible: You are amenable for this debt.
  3. capable of or agreeable to being tested, tried, analyzed, etc.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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