charge
Noun · VerbWordNet 3.0
Noun (15)
- an impetuous rush toward someone or something“the wrestler's charge carried him past his adversary”“the battle began with a cavalry charge”
- (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense“he was arrested on a charge of larceny”Synonyms: complaint
- the price charged for some article or service“the admission charge”
- 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”Synonyms: electric charge
- attention and management implying responsibility for safety“he is in the care of a bodyguard”Synonyms: caretutelageguardianship
- a special assignment that is given to a person or group“a confidential mission to London”“his charge was deliver a message”Synonyms: missioncommission
- a person committed to your care“the teacher led her charges across the street”
- financial liabilities (such as a tax)“the charges against the estate”
- (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object“Freud thought of cathexis as a psychic analog of an electrical charge”Synonyms: cathexis
- the swift release of a store of affective force“they got a great bang out of it”“what a boot!”“he got a quick rush from injecting heroin”“he does it for kicks”Synonyms: bangbootrushflushthrillkick
- request for payment of a debt“they submitted their charges at the end of each month”Synonyms: billing
- a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something“the judge's charge to the jury”Synonyms: commissiondirection
- an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence“the newspaper published charges that Jones was guilty of drunken driving”Synonyms: accusation
- heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shieldSynonyms: bearingheraldic bearingarmorial bearing
- a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time“this cartridge has a powder charge of 50 grains”Synonyms: bursterbursting chargeexplosive charge
Verb (25)
- to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle“he saw Jess charging at him with a pitchfork”Synonyms: bear down
- blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against“he charged the director with indifference”Synonyms: accuse
- demand payment“Will I get charged for this service?”“We were billed for 4 nights in the hotel, although we stayed only 3 nights”Synonyms: bill
- move quickly and violently“The car tore down the street”“He came charging into my office”Synonyms: tearshootshoot downbuck
- assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to“He was appointed deputy manager”“She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance”Synonyms: appoint
- file a formal charge against“The suspect was charged with murdering his wife”Synonyms: lodgefile
- make an accusatory claim“The defense attorney charged that the jurors were biased”
- fill or load to capacity“charge the wagon with hay”
- enter a certain amount as a charge“he charged me $15”
- cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution“After the second episode, she had to be committed”“he was committed to prison”Synonyms: commitinstitutionalizeinstitutionalisesend
- give over to another for care or safekeeping“consign your baggage”Synonyms: consign
- pay with a credit card; pay with plastic money; postpone payment by recording a purchase as a debt“Will you pay cash or charge the purchase?”
- lie down on command, of hunting dogs
- cause to be agitated, excited, or roused“The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks”Synonyms: agitaterouseturn oncommoveexcitecharge up
- place a heraldic bearing on“charge all weapons, shields, and banners”
- provide (a device) with something necessary“He loaded his gun carefully”“load the camera”Synonyms: load
- direct into a position for use“point a gun”“He charged his weapon at me”Synonyms: levelpoint
- impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to“He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend”Synonyms: saddleburden
- instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence
- instruct or command with authority“The teacher charged the children to memorize the poem”
- attribute responsibility to“We blamed the accident on her”“The tragedy was charged to her inexperience”Synonyms: blame
- set or ask for a certain price“How much do you charge for lunch?”“This fellow charges $100 for a massage”
- cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on“charge a conductor”
- energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge“I need to charge my car battery”
- saturate“The room was charged with tension and anxiety”
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
1.To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill. [1913 Webster]
A carte that charged was with hay.— Chaucer.[1913 Webster]
The charging of children's memories with rules.— Locke.[1913 Webster]
2.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. [1913 Webster]
Moses . . . charged you to love the Lord your God.— Josh. xxii. 5.[1913 Webster]
Cromwell, I charge thee, fling away ambition.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
3.To lay on, impose, or make subject to or liable for. [1913 Webster]
When land shall be charged by any lien.— Kent.[1913 Webster]
4.To fix or demand as a price; as, he charges two dollars a barrel for apples. [1913 Webster]
5.To place something to the account of as a debt; to debit, as, to charge one with goods. Also, to enter upon the debit side of an account; as, to charge a sum to one. [1913 Webster]
6.To impute or ascribe; to lay to one's charge. [1913 Webster]
No more accuse thy pen, but charge the crime On native sloth and negligence of time.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]
7.To accuse; to make a charge or assertion against (a person or thing); to lay the responsibility (for something said or done) at the door of. [1913 Webster]
If he did that wrong you charge him with.— Tennyson.[1913 Webster]
8.To place within or upon any firearm, piece of apparatus or machinery, the quantity it is intended and fitted to hold or bear; to load; to fill; as, to charge a gun; to charge an electrical machine, etc. [1913 Webster]
Their battering cannon charged to the mouths.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
9.To ornament with or cause to bear; as, to charge an architectural member with a molding. [1913 Webster]
10.(Her.) To assume as a bearing; as, he charges three roses or; to add to or represent on; as, he charges his shield with three roses or. [1913 Webster]
11.To call to account; to challenge. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
To charge me to an answer.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
12.To bear down upon; to rush upon; to attack. [1913 Webster]
Charged our main battle's front.— Shak.
Syn: To intrust; command; exhort; instruct; accuse; impeach; arraign. See Accuse. [1913 Webster]
1.A load or burder laid upon a person or thing. [1913 Webster]
2.A person or thing commited or intrusted to the care, custody, or management of another; a trust. [1913 Webster]
Note: The people of a parish or church are called the charge of the clergyman who is set over them. [1913 Webster]
3.Custody or care of any person, thing, or place; office; responsibility; oversight; obigation; duty. [1913 Webster]
'Tis a great charge to come under one body's hand.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
4.Heed; care; anxiety; trouble. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
5.Harm. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
6.An order; a mandate or command; an injunction. [1913 Webster]
The king gave cherge concerning Absalom.— 2. Sam. xviii. 5.[1913 Webster]
7.An address (esp. an earnest or impressive address) containing instruction or exhortation; as, the charge of a judge to a jury; the charge of a bishop to his clergy. [1913 Webster]
8.An accusation of a wrong of offense; allegation; indictment; specification of something alleged. [1913 Webster]
The charge of confounding very different classes of phenomena.— Whewell.[1913 Webster]
9.Whatever constitutes a burden on property, as rents, taxes, lines, etc.; costs; expense incurred; -- usually in the plural. [1913 Webster]
10.The price demanded for a thing or service. [1913 Webster]
11.An entry or a account of that which is due from one party to another; that which is debited in a business transaction; as, a charge in an account book. [1913 Webster]
12.That quantity, as of ammunition, electricity, ore, fuel, etc., which any apparatus, as a gun, battery, furnace, machine, etc., is intended to receive and fitted to hold, or which is actually in it at one time [1913 Webster]
13.The act of rushing upon, or towards, an enemy; a sudden onset or attack, as of troops, esp. cavalry; hence, the signal for attack; as, to sound the charge. [1913 Webster]
Never, in any other war afore, gave the Romans a hotter charge upon the enemies.— Holland.[1913 Webster]
The charge of the light brigade.— Tennyson.[1913 Webster]
14.A position (of a weapon) fitted for attack; as, to bring a weapon to the charge. [1913 Webster]
15.(Far.) A sort of plaster or ointment. [1913 Webster]
16.(Her.) A bearing. See Bearing, n., 8. [1913 Webster]
17.[Cf. Charre.] Thirty-six pigs of lead, each pig weighing about seventy pounds; -- called also charre. [1913 Webster]
18.Weight; import; value. [1913 Webster]
Many suchlike "as's" of great charge.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
Back charge. See under Back, a.
Bursting charge. (a) (Mil.) The charge which bursts a shell, etc. (b) (Mining) A small quantity of fine powder to secure the ignition of a charge of coarse powder in blasting.
Charge and discharge (Equity Practice), the old mode or form of taking an account before a master in chancery.
Charge sheet, the paper on which are entered at a police station all arrests and accusations.
To sound the charge, to give the signal for an attack.
Syn: Care; custody; trust; management; office; expense; cost; price; assault; attack; onset; injunction; command; order; mandate; instruction; accusation; indictment. [1913 Webster]
1.To make an onset or rush; as, to charge with fixed bayonets. [1913 Webster]
Like your heroes of antiquity, he charges in iron.— Glanvill.[1913 Webster]
"Charge for the guns!" he said.— Tennyson.[1913 Webster]
2.To demand a price; as, to charge high for goods. [1913 Webster]
3.To debit on an account; as, to charge for purchases. [1913 Webster]
4.To squat on its belly and be still; -- a command given by a sportsman to a dog. [1913 Webster]