charge

/tʃˈɑɹdʒ/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

verb

to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle
“he saw Jess charging at him with a pitchfork”
blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against
“he charged the director with indifference”
demand payment
“Will I get charged for this service?”
move quickly and violently
“The car tore down the street”
assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to
“He was appointed deputy manager”
file a formal charge against
“The suspect was charged with murdering his wife”
make an accusatory claim
“The defense attorney charged that the jurors were biased”
fill or load to capacity
“charge the wagon with hay”
enter a certain amount as a charge
“he charged me $15”
cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution
“After the second episode, she had to be committed”
give over to another for care or safekeeping
“consign your baggage”
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?”

noun

an impetuous rush toward someone or something
“the wrestler's charge carried him past his adversary”
(criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense
“he was arrested on a charge of larceny”
the price charged for some article or service
“the admission 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”
attention and management implying responsibility for safety
“he is in the care of a bodyguard”
a special assignment that is given to a person or group
“a confidential mission to London”
a person committed to your care
“the teacher led her charges across the street”
financial liabilities (such as a tax)
“the charges against the estate”
(psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object
“Freud thought of cathexis as a psychic analog of an electrical charge”
the swift release of a store of affective force
“they got a great bang out of it”
request for payment of a debt
“they submitted their charges at the end of each month”
a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something
“the judge's charge to the jury”

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