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Charge
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- 1 The amount of money levied for a service. countable, uncountable
"There will be a charge of five dollars."
- 2 Ellipsis of CHARGE syndrome. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable
- 3 a special assignment that is given to a person or group wordnet
- 4 An attack in which combatants rush towards an enemy in an attempt to engage in close combat. countable, uncountable
"Pickett's Charge; the Charge of the Light Brigade"
- 5 attention and management implying responsibility for safety wordnet
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- 6 A forceful forward movement. countable, uncountable
"Abou Diaby should have added Arsenal's fourth in the 50th minute after he danced round a host of defenders on a charge towards goal"
- 7 an impetuous rush toward someone or something wordnet
- 8 An accusation.; An official description (by the police or a court) of a crime that somebody may be guilty of. countable, uncountable
"two charges of manslaughter"
- 9 a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time wordnet
- 10 An accusation.; An accusation by a person or organization. countable, uncountable
"That's a slanderous charge of abuse of trust."
- 11 heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield wordnet
- 12 An electric charge. countable, uncountable
- 13 (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense wordnet
- 14 The scope of someone's responsibility. countable, uncountable
"The child was in the nanny's charge."
- 15 an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence wordnet
- 16 Someone or something entrusted to one's care, such as a child to a babysitter or a student to a teacher. countable, uncountable
"The child was a charge of the nanny."
- 17 a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something wordnet
- 18 A load or burden; cargo. countable, uncountable
"The ship had a charge of colonists and their belongings."
- 19 request for payment of a debt wordnet
- 20 An instruction. countable, uncountable
"I gave him the charge to get the deal closed by the end of the month."
- 21 the swift release of a store of affective force wordnet
- 22 A mortgage. countable, uncountable
- 23 (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object wordnet
- 24 An offensive foul in which the player with the ball moves into a stationary defender. countable, uncountable
- 25 a person committed to your care wordnet
- 26 A measured amount of powder and/or shot in a cartridge. countable, uncountable
- 27 the quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons wordnet
- 28 A measured amount of explosive. broadly, countable, uncountable
"Watt might have broken the door down, with an axe, or a crow, or a small charge of explosive, but this might have aroused Erskine's suspicions, and Watt did not want that."
- 29 the price charged for some article or service wordnet
- 30 An image displayed on an escutcheon. countable, uncountable
"Near-synonym: emblem"
- 31 financial liabilities (such as a tax) wordnet
- 32 A position (of a weapon) fitted for attack. countable, uncountable
"to bring a weapon to the charge"
- 33 A sort of plaster or ointment. countable, uncountable
- 34 Weight; import; value. countable, obsolete, uncountable
"many suchlike as's of great charge"
- 35 A measure of thirty-six pigs of lead, each pig weighing about seventy pounds; a charre. countable, historical, obsolete, uncountable
- 36 An address given at a church service concluding a visitation. countable, uncountable
- 37 Cannabis. slang, uncountable
"At about the same time I went off pills and started smoking charge marijuana, you know."
- 1 To assign a duty or responsibility to; to order.
"Moses […] charged you to love the Lord your God."
- 2 saturate wordnet
- 3 To assign (a debit) to an account. transitive
"Let's charge this to marketing."
- 4 energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge wordnet
- 5 To require payment (of) (a price or fee, for goods, services, etc.). ambitransitive
"to charge high for goods"
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- 6 cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on wordnet
- 7 To pay on account, as by using a credit card. US, transitive
"Can I charge my purchase to my credit card?"
- 8 set or ask for a certain price wordnet
- 9 To sell (something) at a given price. dated, transitive
"to charge coal at $5 per unit"
- 10 attribute responsibility to wordnet
- 11 To formally accuse (a person) of a crime. transitive
"I'm charging you with assault and battery."
- 12 instruct or command with authority wordnet
- 13 To mortgage (a property). transitive
- 14 instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence wordnet
- 15 To impute or ascribe.
"No more accuse thy pen, but charge the crime / On native sloth, and negligence of time."
- 16 impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to wordnet
- 17 To call to account; to challenge.
"to charge me to an answer"
- 18 blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against wordnet
- 19 To place a burden, load or responsibility on or in. transitive
"the charging of children's memories[…] with rules"
- 20 make an accusatory claim wordnet
- 21 To place a burden, load or responsibility on or in.; To ornament with or cause to bear. transitive
"to charge an architectural member with a moulding"
- 22 file a formal charge against wordnet
- 23 To place a burden, load or responsibility on or in.; To assume as a bearing. transitive
"He charges three roses."
- 24 to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle wordnet
- 25 To place a burden, load or responsibility on or in.; To add to or represent on. transitive
"He charges his shield with three roses or."
- 26 direct into a position for use wordnet
- 27 To load equipment with material required for its use, as a firearm with powder, a fire hose with water, a chemical reactor with raw materials. transitive
"Charge your weapons; we're moving up."
- 28 fill or load to capacity wordnet
- 29 To load equipment with material required for its use, as a firearm with powder, a fire hose with water, a chemical reactor with raw materials.; To cause to take on an electric charge. transitive
"Rubbing amber with wool will charge it quickly."
- 30 provide (a device) with something necessary wordnet
- 31 To load equipment with material required for its use, as a firearm with powder, a fire hose with water, a chemical reactor with raw materials.; To replenish energy to (a battery, or a device containing a battery) by use of an electrical device plugged into a power outlet. transitive
"He charged the battery overnight."
- 32 place a heraldic bearing on wordnet
- 33 To load equipment with material required for its use, as a firearm with powder, a fire hose with water, a chemical reactor with raw materials.; To replenish energy. intransitive, transitive
"The battery is still charging: I can't use it yet."
- 34 cause to be agitated, excited, or roused wordnet
- 35 To move forward quickly and forcefully, particularly in combat and/or on horseback. intransitive
"Faced with an enemy whose largest gun turrets weigh more than the entire ship, Johnston decides that running is boring, and instead pulls a full 180-degree turn and charges straight back at the attacking forces."
- 36 lie down on command, of hunting dogs wordnet
- 37 To move forward quickly and forcefully, particularly in combat and/or on horseback.; To attack by moving forward quickly in a group. intransitive, transitive
"The impetuous corps charged the enemy lines."
- 38 move quickly and violently wordnet
- 39 To move forward quickly and forcefully, particularly in combat and/or on horseback.; To commit a charging foul. intransitive
- 40 pay with a credit card; pay with plastic money; postpone payment by recording a purchase as a debt wordnet
- 41 To move forward quickly and forcefully, particularly in combat and/or on horseback.; To take a few steps down the pitch towards the bowler as they deliver the ball, either to disrupt the length of the delivery, or to get into a better position to hit the ball. intransitive
- 42 demand payment wordnet
- 43 To lie on the belly and be still. (A command given by a hunter to a dog) transitive
- 44 enter a certain amount as a charge wordnet
- 45 give over to another for care or safekeeping wordnet
- 46 cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution wordnet
- 47 assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to wordnet
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós Proto-Celtic *karros Gaulish *karrosbor. Late Latin carrus Late Latin -ico Late Latin carricō Late Latin carricāre Old French chargierder. Middle English chargen English charge From Middle English chargen, from Old French chargier, from Late Latin carricō (“to load”), from Latin carrus (“a car, wagon”); see car. Doublet of cargo.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós Proto-Celtic *karros Gaulish *karrosbor. Late Latin carrus Late Latin -ico Late Latin carricō Late Latin carricāre Old French chargierder. Middle English chargen English charge From Middle English chargen, from Old French chargier, from Late Latin carricō (“to load”), from Latin carrus (“a car, wagon”); see car. Doublet of cargo.
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