charge

Definitions

1. 1transitive verb

   To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.

2. 2transitive verb

   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.

3. 3transitive verb

   To lay on, impose, or make subject to or liable for.

4. 4transitive verb

   To fix or demand as a price; as, he charges two dollars a barrel for apples.

5. 5transitive verb

   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.

6. 6transitive verb

   To impute or ascribe; to lay to one's charge.

7. 7transitive verb

   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.

8. 8transitive verb

   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.

9. 9transitive verb

   To ornament with or cause to bear; as, to charge an architectural member with a molding.

10. 10transitive verb

    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.

11. 11transitive verb

    To call to account; to challenge.

12. 12transitive verb

    To bear down upon; to rush upon; to attack.

13. 13intransitive verb

    To make an onset or rush; as, to charge with fixed bayonets.

14. 14intransitive verb

    To demand a price; as, to charge high for goods.

15. 15intransitive verb

    To debit on an account; as, to charge for purchases.

16. 16intransitive verb

    To squat on its belly and be still; -- a command given by a sportsman to a dog.

17. 17transitive verb

    A load or burder laid upon a person or thing.

18. 18transitive verb

    A person or thing commited or intrusted to the care, custody, or management of another; a trust.

19. 19transitive verb

    Custody or care of any person, thing, or place; office; responsibility; oversight; obigation; duty.

20. 20transitive verb

    Heed; care; anxiety; trouble.

21. 21transitive verb

    Harm.

22. 22transitive verb

    An order; a mandate or command; an injunction.

23. 23transitive verb

    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.

24. 24transitive verb

    An accusation of a wrong of offense; allegation; indictment; specification of something alleged.

25. 25transitive verb

    Whatever constitutes a burden on property, as rents, taxes, lines, etc.; costs; expense incurred; -- usually in the plural.

26. 26transitive verb

    The price demanded for a thing or service.

27. 27transitive verb

    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.

28. 28transitive verb

    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

29. 29transitive verb

    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.

30. 30transitive verb

    A position (of a weapon) fitted for attack; as, to bring a weapon to the charge.

31. 31transitive verb

    A soft of plaster or ointment.

32. 32transitive verb

    A bearing. See Bearing., 8.

33. 33noun

    Thirty-six pigs of lead, each pig weighing about seventy pounds; -- called also charre.

34. 34noun

    Weight; import; value.

35. 35noun

    a special assignment that is given to a person or group

    "a confidential mission to London"

    "his charge was deliver a message"

    Synonyms

    commissionmission
36. 36noun

    attention and management implying responsibility for safety

    "he is in the care of a bodyguard"

    Synonyms

    careguardianshiptutelage
37. 37noun

    an impetuous rush toward someone or something

    "the wrestler's charge carried him past his adversary"

    "the battle began with a cavalry charge"

38. 38noun

    a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time

    "this cartridge has a powder charge of 50 grains"

    Synonyms

    burster
39. 39noun

    heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield

    Synonyms

    bearing
40. 40noun

    (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense

    "he was arrested on a charge of larceny"

    Synonyms

    complaint
41. 41noun

    an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence

    "the newspaper published charges that Jones was guilty of drunken driving"

    Synonyms

    accusation
42. 42noun

    a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something

    "the judge's charge to the jury"

    Synonyms

    commissiondirection
43. 43noun

    request for payment of a debt

    "they submitted their charges at the end of each month"

    Synonyms

    billing
44. 44noun

    the swift release of a store of affective force

    "they got a great bang out of it"

    "what a boot!"

    Synonyms

    bangbootflushkickrushthrill
45. 45noun

    (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object

    "Freud thought of cathexis as a psychic analog of an electrical charge"

    Synonyms

    cathexis
46. 46noun

    a person committed to your care

    "the teacher led her charges across the street"

47. 47noun

    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"

48. 48noun

    the price charged for some article or service

    "the admission charge"

49. 49noun

    financial liabilities (such as a tax)

    "the charges against the estate"

50. 50verb

    saturate

    "The room was charged with tension and anxiety"

51. 51verb

    energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge

    "I need to charge my car battery"

52. 52verb

    cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on

    "charge a conductor"

53. 53verb

    set or ask for a certain price

    "How much do you charge for lunch?"

    "This fellow charges $100 for a massage"

54. 54verb

    attribute responsibility to

    "We blamed the accident on her"

    "The tragedy was charged to her inexperience"

    Synonyms

    blame
55. 55verb

    instruct or command with authority

    "The teacher charged the children to memorize the poem"

56. 56verb

    instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence

57. 57verb

    impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to

    "He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend"

    Synonyms

    burdensaddle
58. 58verb

    blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against

    "he charged the director with indifference"

    Synonyms

    accuse
59. 59verb

    make an accusatory claim

    "The defense attorney charged that the jurors were biased"

60. 60verb

    file a formal charge against

    "The suspect was charged with murdering his wife"

    Synonyms

    filelodge
61. 61verb

    to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle

    "he saw Jess charging at him with a pitchfork"

62. 62verb

    direct into a position for use

    "point a gun"

    "He charged his weapon at me"

    Synonyms

    levelpoint
63. 63verb

    fill or load to capacity

    "charge the wagon with hay"

64. 64verb

    provide (a device) with something necessary

    "He loaded his gun carefully"

    "load the camera"

    Synonyms

    load
65. 65verb

    place a heraldic bearing on

    "charge all weapons, shields, and banners"

66. 66verb

    cause to be agitated, excited, or roused

    "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks"

    Synonyms

    agitatecommoveexciterouse
67. 67verb

    lie down on command, of hunting dogs

68. 68verb

    move quickly and violently

    "The car tore down the street"

    "He came charging into my office"

    Synonyms

    buckshoottear
69. 69verb

    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?"

70. 70verb

    demand payment

    "Will I get charged for this service?"

    "We were billed for 4 nights in the hotel, although we stayed only 3 nights"

    Synonyms

    bill
71. 71verb

    enter a certain amount as a charge

    "he charged me $15"

72. 72verb

    give over to another for care or safekeeping

    "consign your baggage"

    Synonyms

    consign
73. 73verb

    cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution

    "After the second episode, she had to be committed"

    "he was committed to prison"

    Synonyms

    commitsend
74. 74verb

    assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to

    "He was appointed deputy manager"

    "She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance"

    Synonyms

    appoint