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   charge

   /tʃɑːdʒ/

   verb

   • 1. demand (an amount) as a price for a service rendered or goods supplied: "wedding planners may charge an hourly fee of up to £150" Similar ask in paymentaskfix a chargefix a priceimposelevyexpectdemandexactbillinvoice
   • ▪ record the cost of something as an amount payable by (someone) or on (an account): "they charge the calls to their credit card accounts" Similar billput downdebit fromtake fromOpposite credit to
   • 2. formally accuse (someone) of something, especially an offence under law: "they were charged with assault" Similar accuse ofindict forarraign forprosecute fortry forbring to trial forput on trial forblame forhold accountable forimplicate inimpeach forarchaic:inculpateOpposite absolve
   • ▪ make an accusation or assertion that: "opponents charged that below-cost pricing would reduce safety"
   • ▪ formally accuse someone of (an offence): "they filed a lawsuit charging fraud and breach of contract"
   • 3. entrust (someone) with a task as a duty or responsibility: "the committee was charged with reshaping the educational system" Similar entrustburdenencumberhampersaddletaxweighweigh download
   • 4. store electrical energy in (a battery or battery-operated device): "the shaver can be charged up and used while travelling"
   • ▪ (of a battery or battery-operated device) receive and store electrical energy.
   • ▪ load or fill (a container, gun, etc.) to the full or proper extent: "see to it that your glasses are charged" Similar fillfill upfill to the brimstockloadload uppackplugarmprepare to firetop upOpposite empty
   • ▪ fill or pervade with a quality or emotion: "the air was charged with menace" Similar suffusepervadepermeatesaturateinfuseimbueimpregnateinforminfectinjectfillloadinstilinspireaffect
   • 5. rush forward in attack: "the plan is to charge headlong at the enemy" Similar rushmove quicklystormstampedecareertearpushploughswoopdivelungelaunch oneselfthrow oneselfgo headlonginformal:steambarrelOpposite retreat
   • ▪ rush aggressively towards (someone or something) in attack: "I don't advise anyone to charge that barricade" Similar attackstormrushassaultassailopen fire onfall onset uponswoop ondescend onfly atmake an onslaught onmake a raid ontake by stormattempt to captureinformal:lay intotear into
   • ▪ move quickly and forcefully: "Henry charged up the staircase"
   • 6. place a heraldic bearing on: "a pennant argent, charged with a cross gules"

   noun

   • 1. a price asked for goods or services: "our standard charge for a letter is £25" Similar feepricetariffamountsumfigurefareratepaymenttolllevycostexpenseexpenditureoutlaydues
   • ▪ a financial liability or commitment: "an asset of some £102.7 m should have been taken as a charge on earnings"
   • 2. an accusation, typically one formally made against a prisoner brought to trial: "he appeared in court on a charge of attempted murder" Similar accusationallegationindictmentarraignmentcitationimputationblameincriminationimpeachmentinformal:beefarchaic:inculpation
   • 3. responsibility for the care or control of someone or something: "the people in her charge are pupils and not experimental subjects" Similar careprotectionsafe keepingkeepingsupervisionsurveillancecontrolhandlingcustodyguardianshiptutelagewardshipprotectorshippatronagetrusteeshipauspicesaegishandslaparchaic:ward
   • ▪ a person or thing entrusted to the care of someone: "the babysitter watched over her charges" Similar wardprotégédependantpupiltraineeapprenticementeeminorOpposite guardian
   • ▪ a responsibility or duty assigned to someone: dated "I have therefore laid down the charge which was placed upon me" Similar dutyresponsibilitytaskjobobligationassignmentmissionbusinessconcernfunctionburdenonusdirectivebriefbriefinginstructioninformal:pigeondated:office
   • ▪ an official instruction, especially one given by a judge to a jury regarding points of law: "the judge gave a painstakingly careful charge to the jury" Similar instructiondirectiondirectiveordercommanddictateinjunctionexhortationmandate
   • 4. the property of matter that is responsible for electrical phenomena, existing in a positive or negative form.
   • ▪ the quantity of matter responsible for electrical phenomena carried by a body.
   • ▪ energy stored chemically for conversion into electricity.
   • ▪ an act or period of storing electrical energy in a battery.
   • ▪ a thrill: informal "I get a real charge out of working hard"
   • 5. a quantity of explosive to be detonated in order to fire a gun or similar weapon: "smaller charges, fired on three minute fuses lit by hand"
   • 6. a headlong rush forward, typically in attack: "a cavalry charge" Similar attackassaultoffensiveonslaughtoffencedrivepushthrustonrushsortiesallyswoopforayraidinvasionincursioncampaignstormingblitzkriegrazziaarchaic:onsetOpposite retreat
   • 7. a device or bearing placed on a shield or crest.

   Word Origin Middle English (in the general senses ‘to load’ and ‘a load’), from Old French charger (verb), charge (noun), from late Latin carricare, carcare ‘to load’, from Latin carrus ‘wheeled vehicle’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. chargee noun

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishCHARGE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   CHARGE definition: 1. to ask an amount of money for something, especially a service or activity: 2. to record an…. Learn more.

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   The meaning of CHARGE is to fix or ask as fee or payment. How to use charge in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Charge.

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   Charge definition: to impose or ask as a price or fee. See examples of CHARGE used in a sentence.

5. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishCHARGE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   the departure from electrical neutrality at a point, or in a region, as by the accumulation, or deficit, of electrical particles: more electrons than normal produce a negative charge; fewer, a positive charge

6. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definitioncharge noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage ...

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   Definition of charge noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

7. www.thefreedictionary.com › chargeCharge - definition of charge by The Free Dictionary

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   A property of all particles of matter that determines whether they are attracted to or repulsed by other particles. Charge is usually designated as positive or negative. If an atom has more protons than electrons, it has a positive charge; if it has more electrons than protons, it has a negative charge.

8. dictionary.cambridge.org › learner-english › chargeCHARGE | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

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   the amount of money that you have to pay for something, especially for an activity or a service: bank charges. There's no charge for children under 14. He repaired the computer free of charge (= it did not cost anything). Fewer examples.