[ US /ˈtʃɑɹdʒ/ ]
VERB
  1. instruct or command with authority
    The teacher charged the children to memorize the poem
  2. make an accusatory claim
    The defense attorney charged that the jurors were biased
  3. energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge
    I need to charge my car battery
  4. cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on
    charge a conductor
  5. fill or load to capacity
    charge the wagon with hay
  6. to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle
    he saw Jess charging at him with a pitchfork
  7. move quickly and violently
    The car tore down the street
    He came charging into my office
  8. 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?
  9. set or ask for a certain price
    How much do you charge for lunch?
    This fellow charges $100 for a massage
  10. place a heraldic bearing on
    charge all weapons, shields, and banners
  11. direct into a position for use
    He charged his weapon at me
    point a gun
  12. saturate
    The room was charged with tension and anxiety
  13. cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution
    After the second episode, she had to be committed
    he was committed to prison
  14. blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against
    he charged the director with indifference
  15. demand payment
    We were billed for 4 nights in the hotel, although we stayed only 3 nights
    Will I get charged for this service?
  16. file a formal charge against
    The suspect was charged with murdering his wife
  17. enter a certain amount as a charge
    he charged me $15
  18. provide (a device) with something necessary
    load the camera
    He loaded his gun carefully
  19. instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence
  20. impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to
    He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend
  21. give over to another for care or safekeeping
    consign your baggage
  22. assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to
    He was appointed deputy manager
    She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance
  23. attribute responsibility to
    The tragedy was charged to her inexperience
    We blamed the accident on her
  24. cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
    The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks
  25. lie down on command, of hunting dogs
NOUN
  1. attention and management implying responsibility for safety
    he is in the care of a bodyguard
  2. heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield
  3. a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time
    this cartridge has a powder charge of 50 grains
  4. request for payment of a debt
    they submitted their charges at the end of each month
  5. (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object
    Freud thought of cathexis as a psychic analog of an electrical charge
  6. the swift release of a store of affective force
    what a boot!
    they got a great bang out of it
    he does it for kicks
    he got a quick rush from injecting heroin
  7. a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something
    the judge's charge to the jury
  8. the price charged for some article or service
    the admission charge
  9. (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense
    he was arrested on a charge of larceny
  10. 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
  11. a special assignment that is given to a person or group
    a confidential mission to London
    his charge was deliver a message
  12. a person committed to your care
    the teacher led her charges across the street
  13. an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence
    the newspaper published charges that Jones was guilty of drunken driving
  14. an impetuous rush toward someone or something
    the battle began with a cavalry charge
    the wrestler's charge carried him past his adversary
  15. financial liabilities (such as a tax)
    the charges against the estate
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How To Use charge In A Sentence

  • WorldCom promises not to impose a minimum call charge and no set up or monthly rental fee.
  • A second problem is damage caused by the buildup of excessive electrical charges in the plate from the unwanted ions.
  • We believe that it is okay to charge for healing based on the doctrine, ‘The workman is worthy of his hire.’
  • Three healthcare assistants have been charged after an investigation into the alleged abuse of elderly hospital patients. Times, Sunday Times
  • She suffered minor smoke inhalation and was discharged from hospital last night. The Sun
  • This came after scores of pro-Uribe legislators and other officials were indicted on conspiracy charges involving so-called demobilized paramilitaries. Council on Hemispheric Affairs
  • The Etihad chief has taken charge of just two friendlies and still does not have all his squad together. The Sun
  • The stamp duty surcharge also meant buyers tried to close deals quickly. Times, Sunday Times
  • How anyone could have read some sinister intent into those views is indeed puzzling, and illustrates well how those damned Jewshow certain hypersensitive and overly privileged people who feel superior to the rest of the world are willing to cut their own throats for short term advantage by using unjustified charges of anti-semitism to point out how they take advantage of their position in any nation or institution who trusts them so as to benefit their own in group at the expense of that nation or institution. The Volokh Conspiracy » Why Catholics and Jews?
  • Howell has also admitted indecent assault charges against three of his patients in April and July 2008 at his clinic in Ballymoney. Northern Ireland dentist admits double murder
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