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Meaning of 'charge' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Charge [ n.]
- Thirty-six pigs of lead, each pig weighing about seventy pounds; -- called also charre.
- Weight; import; value.
2 . Charge [ v. i.]
- To make an onset or rush; as, to charge with fixed bayonets.
- To demand a price; as, to charge high for goods.
- To debit on an account; as, to charge for purchases.
- To squat on its belly and be still; -- a command given by a sportsman to a dog.
3 . Charge [ v. t.]
- To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.
- 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.
- To lay on, impose, or make subject to or liable for.
- To fix or demand as a price; as, he charges two dollars a barrel for apples.
- 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.
- To impute or ascribe; to lay to one's 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.
- 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.
- To ornament with or cause to bear; as, to charge an architectural member with a molding.
- 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.
- To call to account; to challenge.
- To bear down upon; to rush upon; to attack.
- A load or burder laid upon a person or thing.
- A person or thing commited or intrusted to the care, custody, or management of another; a trust.
- Custody or care of any person, thing, or place; office; responsibility; oversight; obigation; duty.
- Heed; care; anxiety; trouble.
- Harm.
- An order; a mandate or command; an injunction.
- 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.
- An accusation of a wrong of offense; allegation; indictment; specification of something alleged.
- Whatever constitutes a burden on property, as rents, taxes, lines, etc.; costs; expense incurred; -- usually in the plural.
- The price demanded for a thing or service.
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- A position (of a weapon) fitted for attack; as, to bring a weapon to the charge.
- A soft of plaster or ointment.
- A bearing. See Bearing, n., 8.

Meaning of 'charge' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . charge [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a special assignment that is given to a person or group
Example in sentence:
  • a confidential mission to London;
  • his charge was deliver a message
Meaning (2):
- (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object
Example in sentence:
  • Freud thought of cathexis as a psychic analog of an electrical charge
Meaning (3):
- the swift release of a store of affective force
Example in sentence:
  • he does it for kicks;
  • he got a quick rush from injecting heroin;
  • they got a great bang out of it;
  • what a boot!
Meaning (4):
- attention and management implying responsibility for safety
Example in sentence:
  • he is in the care of a bodyguard
Meaning (5):
- (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense
Example in sentence:
  • he was arrested on a charge of larceny
Meaning (6):
- the price charged for some article or service
Example in sentence:
  • the admission charge
Meaning (7):
- the quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons
Example in sentence:
  • the battery needed a fresh charge
Meaning (8):
- an impetuous rush toward someone or something
Example in sentence:
  • the battle began with a cavalry charge;
  • the wrestler's charge carried him past his adversary
Meaning (9):
- financial liabilities (such as a tax)
Example in sentence:
  • the charges against the estate
Meaning (10):
- a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something
Example in sentence:
  • the judge's charge to the jury
Meaning (11):
- an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence
Example in sentence:
  • the newspaper published charges that Jones was guilty of drunken driving
Meaning (12):
- a person committed to your care
Example in sentence:
  • the teacher led her charges across the street
Meaning (13):
- request for payment of a debt
Example in sentence:
  • they submitted their charges at the end of each month
Meaning (14):
- a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time
Example in sentence:
  • this cartridge has a powder charge of 50 grains
15 . charge [ v]
Meaning (15):
- cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution
Example in sentence:
  • After the second episode, she had to be committed;
  • he was committed to prison
Meaning (16):
- cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on
Example in sentence:
  • charge a conductor
Meaning (17):
- place a heraldic bearing on
Example in sentence:
  • charge all weapons, shields, and banners
Meaning (18):
- fill or load to capacity
Example in sentence:
  • charge the wagon with hay
Meaning (19):
- give over to another for care or safekeeping
Example in sentence:
  • consign your baggage
Meaning (20):
- move quickly and violently
Example in sentence:
  • He came charging into my office;
  • The car tore down the street
Meaning (21):
- impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to
Example in sentence:
  • He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend
Meaning (22):
- direct into a position for use
Example in sentence:
  • He charged his weapon at me;
  • point a gun
Meaning (23):
- enter a certain amount as a charge
Example in sentence:
  • he charged me $15
Meaning (24):
- blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against
Example in sentence:
  • he charged the director with indifference
Meaning (25):
- provide (a device) with something necessary
Example in sentence:
  • He loaded his gun carefully;
  • load the camera
Meaning (26):
- to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle
Example in sentence:
  • he saw Jess charging at him with a pitchfork
Meaning (27):
- assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to
Example in sentence:
  • He was appointed deputy manager;
  • She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance
Meaning (28):
- set or ask for a certain price
Example in sentence:
  • How much do you charge for lunch?;
  • This fellow charges $100 for a massage
Meaning (29):
- energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge
Example in sentence:
  • I need to charge my car battery
Meaning (30):
- make an accusatory claim
Example in sentence:
  • The defense attorney charged that the jurors were biased
Meaning (31):
- saturate
Example in sentence:
  • The room was charged with tension and anxiety
Meaning (32):
- cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
Example in sentence:
  • The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks
Meaning (33):
- file a formal charge against
Example in sentence:
  • The suspect was charged with murdering his wife
Meaning (34):
- instruct or command with authority
Example in sentence:
  • The teacher charged the children to memorize the poem
Meaning (35):
- attribute responsibility to
Example in sentence:
  • The tragedy was charged to her inexperience;
  • We blamed the accident on her
Meaning (36):
- demand payment
Example in sentence:
  • We were billed for 4 nights in the hotel, although we stayed only 3 nights;
  • Will I get charged for this service?
Meaning (37):
- pay with a credit card; pay with plastic money; postpone payment by recording a purchase as a debt
Example in sentence:
  • Will you pay cash or charge the purchase?

Nearby Words:

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