Definitions of charge in various dictionaries:
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an impetuous rush toward someone or something
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(criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense
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the price charged for some article or service
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the quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons
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attention and management implying responsibility for safety
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a special assignment that is given to a person or group
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a person committed to your care
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financial liabilities (such as a tax)
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(psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object
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the swift release of a store of affective force
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request for payment of a debt
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a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something
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an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence
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heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield
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a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time
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to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle
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blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against
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demand payment
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move quickly and violently
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assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to
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file a formal charge against
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make an accusatory claim
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fill or load to capacity
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enter a certain amount as a charge
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cause to be admitted
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give over to another for care or safekeeping
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pay with a credit card
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lie down on command, of hunting dogs
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cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
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place a heraldic bearing on
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provide (a device) with something necessary
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direct into a position for use
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impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to
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instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence
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instruct or command with authority
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attribute responsibility to
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set or ask for a certain price
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cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on
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energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge
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saturate
To impose a duty, responsibility, or obligation on: charged him with the task of watching the young swimmers.
To set or ask (a given amount) as a price: charges ten dollars for a haircut.
To hold financially liable; demand payment from: charged her for the balance due.
To postpone payment on (a purchase) by recording as a debt: paid cash for the stockings but charged the new coat.
To load to capacity; fill: charge a furnace with coal.
To saturate; impregnate: The atmosphere was charged with tension.
To load (a gun or other firearm) with a quantity of explosive: charged the musket with powder.
To instruct or urge authoritatively; command: charged her not to reveal the source of information.
To instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence.
To make a claim of wrongdoing against; accuse or blame: The police charged him with car theft.
To put the blame for; attribute or impute: charged the accident to the driver’s inexperience.
To attack violently: The troops charged the enemy line.
Electricity.
To cause formation of a net electric charge on or in (a conductor, for example).
To energize (a storage battery) by passing current through it in the direction opposite to discharge.
To excite; rouse: a speaker who knows how to charge up a crowd.
To direct or put (a weapon) into position for use; level.
To place a bearing on.
To rush forward in or as if in a violent attack: dogs trained to charge at intruders; children charging through the house.
To demand or ask payment: did not charge for the second cup of coffee.
To postpone payment for a purchase.
To consider or record as a loss.
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Expense; cost.
The price asked for something: no charge for window-shopping.
A weight or burden; a load: a freighter relieved of its charge of cargo.
The quantity that a container or apparatus can hold.
A quantity of explosive to be set off at one time.
An assigned duty or task; a responsibility: The commission’s charge was to determine the facts.
One that is entrusted to another’s care or management: the baby sitter’s three young charges.
Supervision; management: the scientist who had overall charge of the research project.
Care; custody: a child put in my charge.
An order, a command, or an injunction.
Instruction given by a judge to a jury about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence.
A claim of wrongdoing; an accusation: a charge of murder; pleaded not guilty to the charges.
A rushing, forceful attack: repelled the charge of enemy troops; the charge of a herd of elephants.
The command to attack: The bugler sounded the charge.
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Symbol q Physics.
The intrinsic property of matter responsible for all electric phenomena, in particular for the force of the electromagnetic interaction, occurring in two forms arbitrarily designated negative and positive.
A measure of this property.
The net measure of this property possessed by a body or contained in a bounded region of space.
A feeling of pleasant excitement; a thrill: got a real charge out of the movie.
A bearing or figure.
In a position of leadership or supervision: the security agent in charge at the airport.
Under arrest.
verb - to accuse formally