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charge
English
- 🔊 an impetuous rush toward someone or something“the wrestler's charge carried him past his adversary”
- 🔊 a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time“this cartridge has a powder charge of 50 grains”
- 🔊 heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield
- 🔊 (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense“he was arrested on a charge of larceny”
- 🔊 request for payment of a debt“they submitted their charges at the end of each month”
- 🔊 a person committed to your care“the teacher led her charges across the street”
- 🔊 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”
- 🔊 the price charged for some article or service“the admission charge”
- 🔊 financial liabilities (such as a tax)“the charges against the estate”
- 🔊 a special assignment that is given to a person or group“a confidential mission to London”
- 🔊 attention and management implying responsibility for safety“he is in the care of a bodyguard”
- 🔊 an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence“the newspaper published charges that Jones was guilty of drunken driving”
- 🔊 a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something“the judge's charge to the jury”
- 🔊 (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”
- 🔊 saturate“The room was charged with tension and anxiety”
- 🔊 energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge“I need to charge my car battery”
- 🔊 cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on“charge a conductor”
- 🔊 set or ask for a certain price“How much do you charge for lunch?”
- 🔊 instruct or command with authority“The teacher charged the children to memorize the poem”
- 🔊 instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence
- 🔊 impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to“He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend”
- 🔊 blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against“he charged the director with indifference”
- 🔊 make an accusatory claim“The defense attorney charged that the jurors were biased”
- 🔊 file a formal charge against“The suspect was charged with murdering his wife”
- 🔊 to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle“he saw Jess charging at him with a pitchfork”
- 🔊 direct into a position for use“point a gun”
- 🔊 fill or load to capacity“charge the wagon with hay”
- 🔊 place a heraldic bearing on“charge all weapons, shields, and banners”
- 🔊 lie down on command, of hunting dogs
- 🔊 pay with a credit card“Will you pay cash or charge the purchase?”
- 🔊 demand payment“Will I get charged for this service?”
- 🔊 enter a certain amount as a charge“he charged me $15”
- 🔊 attribute responsibility to“We blamed the accident on her”
- 🔊 provide (a device) with something necessary“He loaded his gun carefully”
- 🔊 give over to another for care or safekeeping“consign your baggage”
- 🔊 assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to“He was appointed deputy manager”
- 🔊 cause to be agitated, excited, or roused“The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks”
- 🔊 move quickly and violently“The car tore down the street”
- 🔊 cause to be admitted“After the second episode, she had to be committed”
Spanish
- 🔊 carga charge
- 🔊 cargo charge
- 🔊 cobro charge
- 🔊 embestida charge
- 🔊 embestidura charge
- 🔊 figura charge
- 🔊 recarga charge
- 🔊 embestir to charge
- 🔊 cargo charge, burden
- 🔊 cebar to charge, load