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Definition of 'charge'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) charge
to impose or ask as a price or fee.

2.  charge
to ask a price or fee of (someone):
Did he charge you for it?

3.  charge
to defer payment for (a purchase) until a bill is rendered by the creditor:
to charge a coat.

4.  charge
to hold liable for payment; enter a debit against.

5.  charge
to attack by rushing violently against:
The cavalry charged the enemy.

6.  charge
to accuse formally or explicitly (usu. fol. by with):
They charged her with theft.

7.  charge
to instruct authoritatively, as a judge does a jury.

8.  charge
to lay a command or injunction upon.

9.  charge
to fill or refill so as to make ready for use:
to charge a musket.

10.  charge
to supply with a quantity of electric charge or electrical energy:
to charge a battery.

11.  charge
to suffuse, as with emotion:
The air was charged with excitement.

12.  charge
to fill (air, water, etc.) with foreign matter in a state of diffusion or solution.

13.  charge
to load (materials) into a furnace, converter, etc.

14.  charge
to load or burden (the mind, heart, etc.).

15.  charge
to put a load or burden on or in.

16.  charge
to place charges on (an escutcheon).

17. (v.i.) charge
to make an onset; rush, as to an attack.

18.  charge
to require payment:
to charge for a service.

19.  charge
to place the price of a thing to one's debit.

20.  charge
(in certain sports) to run or skate into an opposing defensive player, esp. in such a way as to incur a foul.

21.  charge
charge off,

22.  charge
to write off as an expense or loss.

23.  charge
to attribute; chalk up.

24.  charge
charge up,

25.  charge
to agitate, stimulate, or excite.

26. (n.) charge
a fee or price asked or imposed:
a charge of six dollars for admission.

27.  charge
expense or cost.

28.  charge
an entry in an account of something due.

29.  charge
an impetuous onset or attack, as of soldiers.

30.  charge
a signal by bugle, drum, etc., for a military charge.

31.  charge
a duty or responsibility entrusted to one.

32.  charge
care, custody, or superintendence.

33.  charge
someone or something committed to one's care.

34.  charge
a parish or congregation committed to the spiritual care of a pastor.

35.  charge
a command or injunction.

36.  charge
an accusation:
a charge of theft.

37.  charge
the instructions given by a judge to a jury concerning points of law, the weight of evidence, etc., before deliberation begins.

38.  charge
the quantity of anything that an apparatus is fitted to hold:
a charge of coal for a furnace.

39.  charge
a quantity of explosive to be set off.

40.  charge
the quantity of electricity in a substance.

41.  charge
the process of charging a storage battery.

42.  charge
Informal. a pleasurable thrill; kick.

43.  charge
a load or burden.

44.  charge
any distinctive figure borne on an escutcheon.

45.  charge
in command; having the care or supervision:
Who's in charge here?

Definition of 'charge'

Princeton's WordNet

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

2. (noun) charge, complaint
(criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense
"he was arrested on a charge of larceny"

3. (noun) charge
the price charged for some article or service
"the admission charge"

4. (noun) charge, electric charge
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"

5. (noun) care, charge, tutelage, guardianship
attention and management implying responsibility for safety
"he is in the care of a bodyguard"

6. (noun) mission, charge, commission
a special assignment that is given to a person or group
"a confidential mission to London"; "his charge was deliver a message"

7. (noun) charge
a person committed to your care
"the teacher led her charges across the street"

8. (noun) charge
financial liabilities (such as a tax)
"the charges against the estate"

9. (noun) cathexis, charge
(psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object
"Freud thought of cathexis as a psychic analog of an electrical charge"

10. (noun) bang, boot, charge, rush, flush, thrill, kick
the swift release of a store of affective force
"they got a great bang out of it"; "what a boot!"; "he got a quick rush from injecting heroin"; "he does it for kicks"

11. (noun) charge, billing
request for payment of a debt
"they submitted their charges at the end of each month"

12. (noun) commission, charge, direction
a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something
"the judge's charge to the jury"

13. (noun) accusation, charge
an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence
"the newspaper published charges that Jones was guilty of drunken driving"

14. (noun) charge, bearing, heraldic bearing, armorial bearing
heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield

15. (verb) charge, burster, bursting charge, explosive charge
a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time
"this cartridge has a powder charge of 50 grains"

16. (verb) charge, bear down
to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle
"he saw Jess charging at him with a pitchfork"

17. (verb) charge, accuse
blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against
"he charged the director with indifference"

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

19. (verb) tear, shoot, shoot down, charge, buck
move quickly and violently
"The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office"

20. (verb) appoint, charge
assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to
"He was appointed deputy manager"; "She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance"

21. (verb) charge, lodge, file
file a formal charge against
"The suspect was charged with murdering his wife"

22. (verb) charge
make an accusatory claim
"The defense attorney charged that the jurors were biased"

23. (verb) charge
fill or load to capacity
"charge the wagon with hay"

24. (verb) charge
enter a certain amount as a charge
"he charged me $15"

25. (verb) commit, institutionalize, institutionalise, send, charge
cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution
"After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison"

26. (verb) consign, charge
give over to another for care or safekeeping
"consign your baggage"

27. (verb) charge
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?"

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

29. (verb) agitate, rouse, turn on, charge, commove, excite, charge up
cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
"The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks"

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

31. (verb) load, charge
provide (a device) with something necessary
"He loaded his gun carefully"; "load the camera"

32. (verb) charge, level, point
direct into a position for use
"point a gun"; "He charged his weapon at me"

33. (verb) charge, saddle, burden
impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to
"He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend"

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

35. (verb) charge
instruct or command with authority
"The teacher charged the children to memorize the poem"

36. (verb) blame, charge
attribute responsibility to
"We blamed the accident on her"; "The tragedy was charged to her inexperience"

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

38. (verb) charge
cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on
"charge a conductor"

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

40. (verb) charge
saturate
"The room was charged with tension and anxiety"

Definition of 'charge'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) charge
the amount of money asked for sth
a charge of $30 per person; There'll be no charge for the wine.

2.  charge
free of charge
costing nothing
tickets that were free of charge

3.  charge
an official statement accusing sb of a crime
a charge of murder/robbery; A man was released without charge.

4.  charge
bring/press charges
to accuse sb of a crime
The victim decided not to press charges.

5.  charge
a statement that sb has done sth bad
charges of discrimination

6.  charge
≠ retreat
the charge of the infantry

7.  charge
the electrical energy in sth
a positive/negative charge

8.  charge
in charge
responsible for or in control of sth or sb
Who's in charge of this project?

9.  charge
take charge
to begin to control sth
He's taking charge of the division.; to take charge of the situation

10. (verb) charge
to ask sb to pay an amount of money for sth
How much do they charge?; Cab drivers charge more after midnight.; to charge people $10 for each visit; I charged the dinner to my company credit card.

11.  charge
charge sth to sb
to accuse sb of a crime
a woman charged with murder/assault

12.  charge
to put electrical energy into a device
My cellphone is charging.; to charge the batteries

13.  charge
≠ retreat
The bull charged.; to charge the door

14.  charge
to rush around without being careful
kids charging around the house

Definition of 'charge'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) charge
thirty-six pigs of lead, each pig weighing about seventy pounds; -- called also charre

2. (noun) charge
weight; import; value

3. (verb) charge
to lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill

4. (verb) charge
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

5. (verb) charge
to lay on, impose, or make subject to or liable for

6. (verb) charge
to fix or demand as a price; as, he charges two dollars a barrel for apples

7. (verb) charge
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

8. (verb) charge
to impute or ascribe; to lay to one's charge

9. (verb) charge
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

10. (verb) charge
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

11. (verb) charge
to ornament with or cause to bear; as, to charge an architectural member with a molding

12. (verb) charge
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

13. (verb) charge
to call to account; to challenge

14. (verb) charge
to bear down upon; to rush upon; to attack

15. (verb) charge
to make an onset or rush; as, to charge with fixed bayonets

16. (verb) charge
to demand a price; as, to charge high for goods

17. (verb) charge
to debit on an account; as, to charge for purchases

18. (verb) charge
to squat on its belly and be still; -- a command given by a sportsman to a dog

19. (verb) charge
a load or burder laid upon a person or thing

20. (verb) charge
a person or thing commited or intrusted to the care, custody, or management of another; a trust

21. (verb) charge
custody or care of any person, thing, or place; office; responsibility; oversight; obigation; duty

22. (verb) charge
heed; care; anxiety; trouble

23. (verb) charge
harm

24. (verb) charge
an order; a mandate or command; an injunction

25. (verb) charge
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

26. (verb) charge
an accusation of a wrong of offense; allegation; indictment; specification of something alleged

27. (verb) charge
whatever constitutes a burden on property, as rents, taxes, lines, etc.; costs; expense incurred; -- usually in the plural

28. (verb) charge
the price demanded for a thing or service

29. (verb) charge
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

30. (verb) charge
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

31. (verb) charge
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

32. (verb) charge
a position (of a weapon) fitted for attack; as, to bring a weapon to the charge

33. (verb) charge
a soft of plaster or ointment

34. (verb) charge
a bearing. See Bearing, n., 8

Definition of 'charge'

The Standard Electrical Dictionary

1. charge
The quantity of electricity that is present on the surface of a body or conductor. If no electricity is supplied, and the conductor is connected to the earth, it is quickly discharged. A charge is measured by the units of quantity, such as the coulomb. The charge that a conductor can retain at a given rise of potential gives its capacity, expressible in units of capacity, such as the farad. A charge implies the stretching or straining between the surface of the charged body, and some complimentary charged surface or surfaces, near or far, of large or small area, of even or uneven distribution.

Translation of 'charge'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to ask as the price (for something) They charge 50 cents for a pint of milk, but they don't charge for delivery.
Afrikaans: vra	Arabic: يَطْلُبُ سِعْرا	Bulgarian: искам цена
Brazilian: cobrar	Czech: účtovat	German: berechnen
Danish: forlange; tage	Greek: χρεώνω	Spanish: cobrar
Estonian: hinda nõudma	Farsi: مطالبه کردن هزینه	Finnish: veloittaa
French: faire payer	Hebrew: לְחָייֵב	Hindi: कीमत लेना
Croatian: zaračunati	Hungarian: felszámít (költséget)	Indonesian: minta bayaran
Icelandic: setja upp, láta borga	Italian: far pagare	Japanese: 請求する
Korean: 값을 부르다	Lithuanian: prašyti	Latvian: ņemt maksu; prasīt
Malay: caj	Dutch: vragen	Norwegian: forlange, ta
Polish: policzyć	Persian: مطالبه کردن هزینه	Pashto: بارول: فرمان وركول امر ور
Portuguese: cobrar	Romanian: a cere (un preţ pentru)	Russian: запрашивать цену
Slovak: účtovať	Slovenian: zaračunati	Serbian: naplaćivati
Swedish: ta [betalt]	Thai: เรียกเก็บเงิน	Turkish: istemek, talep etmek
Taiwanese: 收費	Ukrainian: призначати, правити ціну	Urdu: مول لگانا
Vietnamese: ra giá	Chinese: 收费
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