Charge

[tʃɑːdʒ] or [tʃɑrdʒ]

Definition

(noun.) an impetuous rush toward someone or something; 'the wrestler's charge carried him past his adversary'; 'the battle began with a cavalry charge'.

(noun.) a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time; 'this cartridge has a powder charge of 50 grains'.

(noun.) heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield.

(noun.) (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense; 'he was arrested on a charge of larceny'.

(noun.) request for payment of a debt; 'they submitted their charges at the end of each month'.

(noun.) a person committed to your care; 'the teacher led her charges across the street'.

(noun.) the quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons; 'the battery needed a fresh charge'.

(noun.) the price charged for some article or service; 'the admission charge'.

(noun.) financial liabilities (such as a tax); 'the charges against the estate'.

(verb.) energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge; 'I need to charge my car battery'.

(verb.) cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on; 'charge a conductor'.

(verb.) impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to; 'He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend'.

(verb.) blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against; 'he charged the director with indifference'.

(verb.) make an accusatory claim; 'The defense attorney charged that the jurors were biased'.

(verb.) file a formal charge against; 'The suspect was charged with murdering his wife'.

(verb.) to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle; 'he saw Jess charging at him with a pitchfork'.

(verb.) direct into a position for use; 'point a gun'; 'He charged his weapon at me'.

(verb.) fill or load to capacity; 'charge the wagon with hay'.

(verb.) place a heraldic bearing on; 'charge all weapons, shields, and banners'.

(verb.) lie down on command, of hunting dogs.

(verb.) pay with a credit card; pay with plastic money; postpone payment by recording a purchase as a debt; 'Will you pay cash or charge the purchase?'.

(verb.) demand payment; 'Will I get charged for this service?'; 'We were billed for 4 nights in the hotel, although we stayed only 3 nights'.

(verb.) enter a certain amount as a charge; 'he charged me $15'.

(verb.) instruct or command with authority; 'The teacher charged the children to memorize the poem'.

(verb.) set or ask for a certain price; 'How much do you charge for lunch?'; 'This fellow charges $100 for a massage'.

(verb.) instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence.

(verb.) saturate; 'The room was charged with tension and anxiety'.

Inputed by Franklin--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.

(v. t.) To lay on or impose, as a task, duty, or trust; to command, instruct, or exhort with authority; to enjoin; to urge earnestly; as, to charge a jury; to charge the clergy of a diocese; to charge an agent.

(v. t.) To lay on, impose, or make subject to or liable for.

(v. t.) To fix or demand as a price; as, he charges two dollars a barrel for apples.

(v. t.) To place something to the account of as a debt; to debit, as, to charge one with goods. Also, to enter upon the debit side of an account; as, to charge a sum to one.

(v. t.) To impute or ascribe; to lay to one's charge.

(v. t.) To accuse; to make a charge or assertion against (a person or thing); to lay the responsibility (for something said or done) at the door of.

(v. t.) To place within or upon any firearm, piece of apparatus or machinery, the quantity it is intended and fitted to hold or bear; to load; to fill; as, to charge a gun; to charge an electrical machine, etc.

(v. t.) To ornament with or cause to bear; as, to charge an architectural member with a molding.

(v. t.) To assume as a bearing; as, he charges three roses or; to add to or represent on; as, he charges his shield with three roses or.

(v. t.) To call to account; to challenge.

(v. t.) To bear down upon; to rush upon; to attack.

(v. i.) To make an onset or rush; as, to charge with fixed bayonets.

(v. i.) To demand a price; as, to charge high for goods.

(v. i.) To debit on an account; as, to charge for purchases.

(v. i.) To squat on its belly and be still; -- a command given by a sportsman to a dog.

(v. t.) A load or burder laid upon a person or thing.

(v. t.) A person or thing commited or intrusted to the care, custody, or management of another; a trust.

(v. t.) Custody or care of any person, thing, or place; office; responsibility; oversight; obigation; duty.

(v. t.) Heed; care; anxiety; trouble.

(v. t.) Harm.

(v. t.) An order; a mandate or command; an injunction.

(v. t.) An address (esp. an earnest or impressive address) containing instruction or exhortation; as, the charge of a judge to a jury; the charge of a bishop to his clergy.

(v. t.) An accusation of a wrong of offense; allegation; indictment; specification of something alleged.

(v. t.) Whatever constitutes a burden on property, as rents, taxes, lines, etc.; costs; expense incurred; -- usually in the plural.

(v. t.) The price demanded for a thing or service.

(v. t.) An entry or a account of that which is due from one party to another; that which is debited in a business transaction; as, a charge in an account book.

(v. t.) That quantity, as of ammunition, electricity, ore, fuel, etc., which any apparatus, as a gun, battery, furnace, machine, etc., is intended to receive and fitted to hold, or which is actually in it at one time

(v. t.) The act of rushing upon, or towards, an enemy; a sudden onset or attack, as of troops, esp. cavalry; hence, the signal for attack; as, to sound the charge.

(v. t.) A position (of a weapon) fitted for attack; as, to bring a weapon to the charge.

(v. t.) A soft of plaster or ointment.

(v. t.) A bearing. See Bearing, n., 8.

(n.) Thirty-six pigs of lead, each pig weighing about seventy pounds; -- called also charre.

(n.) Weight; import; value.

Checked by Gwen

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Load, burden, freight, lade.[2]. Intrust, put in one's keeping or care.[3]. Ascribe, impute, lay, put, bring home to, lay to one's door, lay to one's charge.[4]. Accuse, arraign, impeach, inculpate, criminate, indict, tax, call to account, take to task, inform against.[5]. Command, order, bid, require, enjoin.[6]. Attack, assault, fall upon, bear down upon, set on.

v. n. Make an onset, make a charge.

n. [1]. Load, lading, cargo, freight, burden, what is carried.[2]. Trust, care, custody, ward, management.[3]. Commission, duty, office, employment.[4]. Order, injunction, direction, mandate, precept, command.[5]. Instruction, exhortation.[6]. Accusation, crimination.[7]. Cost, expense, outlay, expenditure.[8]. Price, sum charged.[9]. Onset, onslaught, assault, attack, encounter.[10]. (Her.) Bearing.

Editor: Sharon

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Direct, enjoin, advise, admonish, arraign, inculpate, entrust, commit, load,accuse, impeach, attack, assault, impute, carry

ANT:Clear, free, discharge, acquit, liberate

Editor: Maris

Definition

v.t. to load to put into to fill (with): to load heavily burden: to fill completely: to cause to receive electricity: to lay a task upon one to enjoin command: to deliver officially an injunction as a judge to a jury a bishop or archdeacon to his clergy or a senior to a junior minister at a Presbyterian ordination: to bring an accusation against: to exact a sum of money from to ask as the price.—v.i. to make an onset.—n. that which is laid on: cost or price: the load of powder &c. for a gun: attack or onset: care custody: the object of care esp. a minister of religion's flock or parish: an accumulation of electricity in a Leyden jar: command: exhortation: accusation: (pl.) expenses.—adj. Charge′able liable to be charged imputable: blamable: (B.) burdensome.—n. Charge′ableness.—adv. Charge′ably.—adj. Charge′ful (Shak.) expensive.—n. Charge′-house (Shak.) a common school where a fee was charged in distinction to a free-school.—adj. Charge′less.—n. Charg′er a flat dish capable of holding a large joint a platter: a war-horse.—Give in charge to hand over to the police.

Checker: Sabina