charge

[[t]tʃɑrdʒ[/t]]

v. charged, charg•ing, n.

1) to impose or ask as a price or fee

2) to ask a price or fee of (someone):

Did he charge you for it?[/ex]

3) to defer payment for (a purchase) until a bill is rendered by the creditor:

to charge a coat[/ex]

4) bus to hold liable for payment; enter a debit against

5) to attack by rushing violently against:

The cavalry charged the enemy[/ex]

6) to accuse formally or explicitly (usu. fol. by with):

They charged her with theft[/ex]

7) law to instruct authoritatively, as a judge does a jury

8) to lay a command or injunction upon

9) to fill or refill so as to make ready for use:

to charge a musket[/ex]

10) elm to supply with a quantity of electric charge or electrical energy:

to charge a battery[/ex]

11) to suffuse, as with emotion:

The air was charged with excitement[/ex]

12) to fill (air, water, etc.) with foreign matter in a state of diffusion or solution

13) mel to load (materials) into a furnace, converter, etc

14) to load or burden (the mind, heart, etc.)

15) to put a load or burden on or in

16) her to place charges on (an escutcheon)

17) to make an onset; rush, as to an attack

18) to require payment:

to charge for a service[/ex]

19) to place the price of a thing to one's debit

20) spo (in certain sports) to run or skate into an opposing defensive player, esp. in such a way as to incur a foul

21) phv+inf charge off

a) bus to write off as an expense or loss

b) to attribute; chalk up

22) cvb +phv charge up

to agitate, stimulate, or excite

23) a fee or price asked or imposed:

a charge of six dollars for admission[/ex]

24) expense or cost

25) bus an entry in an account of something due

26) an impetuous onset or attack, as of soldiers

27) mil a signal by bugle, drum, etc., for a military charge

28) a duty or responsibility entrusted to one

29) care, custody, or superintendence

30) someone or something committed to one's care

31) rel a parish or congregation committed to the spiritual care of a pastor

32) a command or injunction

33) an accusation:

a charge of theft[/ex]

34) law the instructions given by a judge to a jury concerning points of law, the weight of evidence, etc., before deliberation begins

35) mel the quantity of anything that an apparatus is fitted to hold:

a charge of coal for a furnace[/ex]

36) a quantity of explosive to be set off

37) elm

a) the quantity of electricity in a substance

b) the process of charging a storage battery

38) sts Informal. a pleasurable thrill; kick

39) a load or burden

40) her any distinctive figure borne on an escutcheon

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- in charge take charge

Etymology: 1175–1225; ME < AF, OF charg(i)er < LL carricāre to load a wagon carrus wagon (see car) charge′less, adj.