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charge (v.)to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle;
Synonyms: bear down
charge (v.)blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against;
he charged the director with indifference
charge (v.)demand payment;
Will I get charged for this service?
charge (v.)move quickly and violently;
charge (v.)assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to;
She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance
charge (v.)file a formal charge against;
The suspect was charged with murdering his wife
charge (v.)make an accusatory claim;
The defense attorney charged that the jurors were biased
charge (v.)fill or load to capacity;
charge the wagon with hay
charge (v.)enter a certain amount as a charge;
charge (v.)cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution;
charge (v.)give over to another for care or safekeeping;
charge (v.)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?
charge (v.)lie down on command, of hunting dogs;
charge (v.)cause to be agitated, excited, or roused;
The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks
charge (v.)place a heraldic bearing on;
charge all weapons, shields, and banners
charge (v.)provide (a device) with something necessary;
charge (v.)direct into a position for use;
He charged his weapon at me
charge (v.)impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to;
He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend
charge (v.)instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence;
charge (v.)instruct or command with authority;
The teacher charged the children to memorize the poem
charge (v.)attribute responsibility to;
The tragedy was charged to her inexperience
charge (v.)set or ask for a certain price;
This fellow charges $100 for a massage
How much do you charge for lunch?
charge (v.)cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on;
charge (v.)energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge;
I need to charge my car battery
charge (v.)saturate;
The room was charged with tension and anxiety
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charge (n.)an impetuous rush toward someone or something;
the wrestler's charge carried him past his adversary
the battle began with a cavalry charge
charge (n.)(criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense;
he was arrested on a charge of larceny
charge (n.)the price charged for some article or service;
charge (n.)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
Synonyms: electric charge
charge (n.)attention and management implying responsibility for safety;
charge (n.)a special assignment that is given to a person or group;
his charge was deliver a message
charge (n.)a person committed to your care;
the teacher led her charges across the street
charge (n.)financial liabilities (such as a tax);
the charges against the estate
charge (n.)(psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object;
Freud thought of cathexis as a psychic analog of an electrical charge
charge (n.)the swift release of a store of affective force;
charge (n.)request for payment of a debt;
they submitted their charges at the end of each month
charge (n.)a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something;
the judge's charge to the jury
charge (n.)an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence;
the newspaper published charges that Jones was guilty of drunken driving
charge (n.)heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield;
Synonyms: bearing /
heraldic bearing /
armorial bearing charge (n.)a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time;
this cartridge has a powder charge of 50 grains
Synonyms: burster / bursting charge / explosive charge