charge

B1
Pronunciation
/t͡ʃɑːd͡ʒ/
/t͡ʃɑɹd͡ʒ/
Noun
17 definition(s)
1 Definition

The amount of money levied for a service.

Example Sentences
  • There will be a charge of five dollars.
2 Definition

A ground attack against a prepared enemy.

Example Sentences
  • Pickett did not die leading his famous charge.
3 Definition

A forceful forward movement.

4 Definition

An accusation.

Synonyms
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Example Sentences
  • That's a slanderous charge of abuse of trust.
5 Definition

An electric charge.

6 Definition

The scope of someone's responsibility.

Example Sentences
  • The child was in the nanny's charge.
7 Definition

Someone or something entrusted to one's care, such as a child to a babysitter or a student to a teacher.

Example Sentences
  • The child was a charge of the nanny.
8 Definition

A load or burden; cargo.

Example Sentences
  • The ship had a charge of colonists and their belongings.
9 Definition

An instruction.

Example Sentences
  • I gave him the charge to get the deal closed by the end of the month.
10 Definition

An offensive foul in which the player with the ball moves into a stationary defender.

11 Definition

A measured amount of powder and/or shot in a firearm cartridge.

12 Definition

An image displayed on an escutcheon.

13 Definition

A position (of a weapon) fitted for attack.

Example Sentences
  • to bring a weapon to the charge
14 Definition

A sort of plaster or ointment.

15 Definition

Weight; import; value.

16 Definition

A measure of thirty-six pigs of lead, each pig weighing about seventy pounds; a charre.

17 Definition

An address given at a church service concluding a visitation.

Verb
12 definition(s)
1 Definition

To assign a duty or responsibility to

2 Definition

To assign (a debit) to an account

Example Sentences
  • Let's charge this to marketing.
3 Definition

To pay on account, as by using a credit card

Example Sentences
  • Can I charge my purchase to my credit card?
4 Definition

To require payment (of) (a price or fee, for goods, services, etc.)

Example Sentences
  • I won't charge you for the wheat
5 Definition

(possibly archaic) to sell at a given price.

Example Sentences
  • to charge coal at $5 per unit
6 Definition

To formally accuse (a person) of a crime.

Example Sentences
  • I'm charging you with assault and battery.
7 Definition

To impute or ascribe

8 Definition

To call to account; to challenge

9 Definition

To place a burden or load on or in

10 Definition

To load equipment with material required for its use, as a firearm with powder, a fire hose with water, a chemical reactor with raw materials

Example Sentences
  • Charge your weapons; we're moving up.
11 Definition

To move forward quickly and forcefully, particularly in combat and/or on horseback

12 Definition

(of a hunting dog) to lie on the belly and be still (A command given by a hunter to a dog)