charge

charge: verb

1》 demand (an amount) as a price for a service rendered or goods supplied.

2》 formally accuse (someone) of something, especially an offence under law.

3》 entrust with a task or responsibility.

4》 store electrical energy in (a battery or battery-operated device).

5》 technical or formal load or fill (a container, gun, etc.) to the full or proper extent.

    ↘fill with a quality or emotion: the air was charged with menace.

6》 rush forward in attack.

    ↘move quickly and forcefully.

7》 Heraldry place a charge on.

noun

1》 a price asked.

    ↘a financial liability or commitment.

2》 a formal accusation made against a prisoner brought to trial.

3》 responsibility for care or control.

    ↘a person or thing entrusted to someone's care.

4》 the property of matter that is responsible for electrical phenomena, existing in a positive or negative form.

    ↘the quantity of this carried by a body.

    ↘energy stored chemically in a battery for conversion into electricity.

5》 a quantity of explosive to be detonated in order to fire a gun or similar weapon.

6》 a headlong rush forward, typically in attack.

7》 an official instruction given by a judge to a jury regarding points of law.

8》 Heraldry a device or bearing placed on a shield or crest.

Phrases

press (or prefer) charges accuse someone formally of a crime so that they can be brought to trial.

put someone on a charge Brit. charge someone with a specified offence.

Derivatives

chargeable adjective

charged adjective

Origin

ME, from OFr. charger (v.), charge (n.), from late L. carricare, carcare 'to load', from L. carrus 'wheeled vehicle'.

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Synonyms:

Load, burden, freight, lade, Load, lading, cargo, freight, burden / Onset, onslaught, assault, attack, encounter / Bearing / Intrust, put in care of, Care, custody, ward, management / Ascribe, impute, lay, lay at one's door, lay to one's charge, Commission, duty, office, trust, employment / Accuse, arraign, impeach, inculpate, criminate, indict, tax, call to account, take to task, inform against, Trust, intrusted object, intrusted cause, object of responsibility / Command, order, bid, require, enjoin, Order, injunction, direction, mandate, precept, command / Attack, assault, fall upon, bear down upon, set on, Make an onset, make a charge, Instruction, exhortation / Accusation, crimination / Cost, expense, outlay, expenditure / Price, sum charged

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charge — [ ʃarʒ ] n. f. • XIIe; de charger I ♦ 1 ♦ Ce qui pèse sur; ce que porte ou peut porter une personne, un animal, un véhicule, un bâtiment. ⇒ faix, fardeau, poids. Lourde charge. Ployer sous la charge. « les charges laissées aux femmes par nos… … Encyclopédie Universelle
chargé — charge [ ʃarʒ ] n. f. • XIIe; de charger I ♦ 1 ♦ Ce qui pèse sur; ce que porte ou peut porter une personne, un animal, un véhicule, un bâtiment. ⇒ faix, fardeau, poids. Lourde charge. Ployer sous la charge. « les charges laissées aux femmes par… … Encyclopédie Universelle
charge — CHARGE. s. f. Faix, fardeau. Charge pesante, excessive, légère. On a donné trop de charge à ce mur, à ce plancher. f♛/b] l signifie aussi Ce que peut porter une personne, un animal, un vaisseau, ou autre chose semblable. La charge d un mulet, d… … Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798
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Charge — Charge, n. [F. charge, fr. charger to load. See {Charge}, v. t., and cf. {Cargo}, {Caricature}.] 1. A load or burder laid upon a person or thing. [1913 Webster] 2. A person or thing commited or intrusted to the care, custody, or management of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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