charge
17 ENTRIES FOUND:
- charge (verb)
- charge (noun)
- charged (adjective)
- charge account (noun)
- charge card (noun)
- chargé d'affaires (noun)
- charge nurse (noun)
- charge sheet (noun)
- cover charge (noun)
- depth charge (noun)
- reverse–charge (adjective)
- service charge (noun)
- take–charge (adjective)
- free (adverb)
- lay (verb)
- press (verb)
- reverse (verb)
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Britannica Dictionary definition of CHARGE
1
:
to give an amount of electricity to (something)
:
to put electricity into a battery so that a machine or device will run
[+ object]
-
charge a car's battery
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My cell phone needs to be charged. = The battery in my cell phone needs to be charged.
[no object]
-
The battery is charging. [=is being charged]
2
[+ object]
formal
:
to give a job or responsibility to (a person or group)
:
to make (a person or group) responsible for something
— usually used as (be) charged
— usually + with
-
The board was charged with deciding where to build a new school.
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the department charged with helping war veterans
3
[+ object]
a
:
to formally accuse (someone) of a crime
— usually + with
-
They charged him with theft.
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She was charged with murder.
b
:
to say that someone has done something wrong
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The government charged that he had not paid taxes for five years.
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It is not clear if he violated the rules, as his critics have charged.
c
:
to say that a player has broken the rules in a game
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The basketball player was charged with a foul.
4
a
[+ object]
:
to rush toward (a person, place, etc.)
-
The bull charged the matador.
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Fans charged [=rushed] the stage but were stopped by the security guards.
b
[no object]
:
to rush in a particular direction
-
People charged toward the stage.
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She came charging into the room.
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The bull charged right at me.
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a charging rhinoceros
5
[+ object]
:
to create a record of an amount of money that is owed
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The clerk charged the purchase to my account.
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The expenses were charged against the company's earnings.
6
a
:
to ask for money in return for providing or doing something
[no object]
-
Do you charge for fixing flat tires?
[+ object]
-
They charge a fee for late payment.
-
charge tuition
b
[+ object]
:
to ask for (a specific amount of money) as a price, rate, or fee
-
The shop charged $100 for repairs.
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The bank charged eight percent interest on the loan.
c
[+ object]
:
to ask for payment from (a customer, client, etc.)
-
They charged me $500 to fix the engine.
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She charged the city thousands of dollars for her work.
2
charge
/ˈtʃɑɚʤ/
noun
plural
charges
2
charge
/ˈtʃɑɚʤ/
noun
plural
charges
Britannica Dictionary definition of CHARGE
1
[count]
a
:
an amount of electricity
-
an electrical charge
b
:
the amount of an explosive material (such as dynamite) that is used in a single blast
—
compare depth charge
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He set off a charge that destroyed the mountain.
2
[noncount]
:
the responsibility of managing or watching over something
-
He has charge of the building.
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He wanted to take charge [=take control] of the organization.
3
[count]
:
an amount of money that someone asks for in return for providing or doing something
:
the price charged for something
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There is no charge for fixing the tire.
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a delivery charge for the refrigerator
-
a monthly charge
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an admission charge at the fair
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The concert at the school is free of charge. [=costs nothing to attend]
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A second member of your family can join at no charge. [=without paying]
4
[count]
a
law
:
a formal accusation that someone committed a crime
-
a charge of burglary
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They dropped the charges against him.
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She pleaded guilty to a lesser charge.
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He decided not to bring/press charges. [=to formally accuse someone of a crime]
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Will she face charges? [=will she be charged?]
b
:
a statement that criticizes someone or says that someone has done something wrong
:
an accusation or criticism
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The senator rejects charges that he is too liberal.
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She responded to the charges of plagiarism.
5
[count]
formal
:
a person (such as a child) that another person must guard or take care of
-
She loved to play with her young charges at the day-care center.
6
[count]
:
a judge's instructions to a jury before it begins deciding a verdict
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The judge delivered his charge to the jury.
7
[count]
:
an act of running or rushing forward especially in order to make an attack
-
a cavalry charge
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Tennyson's poem “The Charge of the Light Brigade”
8
[singular]
US, informal
:
a feeling of joy or excitement
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The children got a charge out of [=were amused by] the juggler.
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He gets a charge out of teasing his sister.
in charge
:
having control of or responsibility for something
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She is in charge of hiring new employees.
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I am not sure who is in charge at the restaurant.
