charge
/ˈt͡ʃɑːd͡ʒ/ noun, verb, proper noun
Forms charges charging charged
- noun The amount of money levied for a service. “There will be a charge of five dollars.”
- noun (military) An attack in which combatants rush towards an enemy in an attempt to engage in close combat. “Pickett's Charge; the Charge of the Light Brigade”
- noun A forceful forward movement.
- noun An official description (by the police or a court) of a crime that somebody may be guilty of. “two charges of manslaughter”
- noun An accusation by a person or organization. “That's a slanderous charge of abuse of trust.”
- noun (electromagnetism, chemistry, physics, countable, uncountable) An electric charge.
- noun The scope of someone's responsibility. “The child was in the nanny's charge.”
- noun Someone or something entrusted to one's care, such as a child to a babysitter or a student to a teacher. “The child was a charge of the nanny.”
- verb To assign a duty or responsibility to; to order.
- verb (transitive) To assign (a debit) to an account. “Let's charge this to marketing.”
- verb (ambitransitive) To require payment (of) (a price or fee, for goods, services, etc.). “to charge high for goods”
- verb (transitive, chiefly US) To pay on account, as by using a credit card. “Can I charge my purchase to my credit card?”
- verb (transitive, dated) To sell (something) at a given price. “to charge coal at $5 per unit”
- verb (transitive, criminal law, law enforcement) To formally accuse (a person) of a crime. “I'm charging you with assault and battery.”
- verb (transitive, property law) To mortgage (a property).
- verb To impute or ascribe.
- proper noun A commune of Indre-et-Loire department, France.
Synonyms
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Antonyms
Etymology
From Middle English chargen, from Old French chargier, from Late Latin carricō (“to load”), from Latin carrus (“a car, wagon”); see car. Doublet of cargo.
Webster’s 1913
- verb To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.
- 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.
- verb To make an onset or rush; as, to charge with fixed bayonets.
- verb To demand a price; as, to charge high for goods.
Etymology [OF. chargier, F. charger, fr. LL. carricare, fr. L. carrus wagon. Cf. Cargo, Caricature, Cark, and see Car.]
Etymology [F. charge, fr. charger to load. See Charge, v. t., and cf. Cargo, Caricature.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “charge”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details