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Definition of charge
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noun (n)
an impetuous rush toward someone or something (noun.act)
Example:
The wrestler's charge carried him past his adversary.
The battle began with a cavalry charge.
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(criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense (noun.communication)
Example:
He was arrested on a charge of larceny.
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the price charged for some article or service (noun.possession)
Example:
The admission charge.
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the quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons (noun.phenomenon)
Example:
The battery needed a fresh charge.
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attention and management implying responsibility for safety (noun.act)
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a special assignment that is given to a person or group (noun.act)
Example:
His charge was deliver a message.
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a person committed to your care (noun.person)
Example:
The teacher led her charges across the street.
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financial liabilities (such as a tax) (noun.possession)
Example:
The charges against the estate.
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(psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object (noun.motive)
Example:
Freud thought of cathexis as a psychic analog of an electrical charge.
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the swift release of a store of affective force (noun.feeling)
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request for payment of a debt (noun.communication)
Example:
They submitted their charges at the end of each month.
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a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something (noun.communication)
Example:
The judge's charge to the jury.
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an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence (noun.communication)
Example:
The newspaper published charges that Jones was guilty of drunken driving.
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heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield (noun.artifact)
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a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time (noun.artifact)
Example:
This cartridge has a powder charge of 50 grains.
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A load or burder laid upon a person or thing. (noun)
source: webster1913
verb (v)
to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle (verb.competition)
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blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against (verb.communication)
Example:
He charged the director with indifference.
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demand payment (verb.possession)
Example:
Will I get charged for this service?.
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move quickly and violently (verb.motion)
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assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to (verb.social)
Example:
She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance.
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file a formal charge against (verb.communication)
Example:
The suspect was charged with murdering his wife.
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make an accusatory claim (verb.communication)
Example:
The defense attorney charged that the jurors were biased.
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fill or load to capacity (verb.contact)
Example:
Charge the wagon with hay.
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enter a certain amount as a charge (verb.possession)
Example:
He charged me $15.
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cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution (verb.possession)
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give over to another for care or safekeeping (verb.possession)
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pay with a credit card; pay with plastic money; postpone payment by recording a purchase as a debt (verb.possession)
Example:
Will you pay cash or charge the purchase?.
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lie down on command, of hunting dogs (verb.motion)
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cause to be agitated, excited, or roused (verb.emotion)
Synonym: agitate, charge up, commove, excite, rouse, turn on Antonym: calm, calm down, lull, quiet, quieten, still, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize
Example:
The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks.
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place a heraldic bearing on (verb.creation)
Example:
Charge all weapons, shields, and banners.
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provide (a device) with something necessary (verb.contact)
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direct into a position for use (verb.competition)
Example:
He charged his weapon at me.
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impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to (verb.communication)
Example:
He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend.
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instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence (verb.communication)
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instruct or command with authority (verb.communication)
Example:
The teacher charged the children to memorize the poem.
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attribute responsibility to (verb.cognition)
Example:
The tragedy was charged to her inexperience.
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set or ask for a certain price (verb.cognition)
Example:
How much do you charge for lunch?.
This fellow charges $100 for a massage.
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cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on (verb.change)
Example:
Charge a conductor.
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energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge (verb.change)
Example:
I need to charge my car battery.
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saturate (verb.change)
Example:
The room was charged with tension and anxiety.
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To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill. (verb)
source: webster1913
To make an onset or rush; as, to charge with fixed bayonets. (verb)
source: webster1913
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