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  1. Charge Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary

    Learn the various meanings and uses of the word charge as a verb and a noun. Find out how to charge a battery, a car, a crime, a fee, or a person, and see examples and synonyms.

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    1 charge /ˈtʃɑɚʤ/ verb

    charges; charged; charging

    1 charge

    /ˈtʃɑɚʤ/

    verb

    charges; charged; charging

    Britannica Dictionary definition of CHARGE



    : to give an amount of electricity to (something) : to put electricity into a battery so that a machine or device will run

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    : having control of or responsibility for something

    •She is in charge of hiring new employees.

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    charge
    [CHärj]
    verb
    charge (verb) · charges (third person present) · charged (past tense) · charged (past participle) · charging (present participle)
    1. demand (an amount) as a price from someone for a service rendered or goods supplied:
      "he charged me 2 euros for the postcard" · "the restaurant charged $15 for dinner" · "museums should charge for admission"
      • (charge something to)
        record the cost of something as an amount payable by (someone) or on (an account):
        "they charge the calls to their credit card accounts"
    2. accuse (someone) of something, especially an offense under law:
      "they were charged with assault"
      • make an accusation or assertion that:
        "opponents charged that below-cost pricing would reduce safety"
      • law
        accuse someone of (an offense):
        "they filed a lawsuit charging fraud and breach of contract"
    3. entrust (someone) with a task as a duty or responsibility:
      "the committee was charged with reshaping the educational system"
    4. store electrical energy in (a battery or battery-operated device):
      "the shaver can be charged up and used while traveling"
      • (of a battery or battery-operated device) receive and store electrical energy.
      • load or fill (a container, gun, etc.) to the full or proper extent:
        "see to it that your glasses are charged"
      • fill or pervade (something) with a quality or emotion:
        "the air was charged with menace"
    5. rush forward in attack:
      "the plan is to charge headlong at the enemy"
      • rush aggressively toward (someone or something) in attack:
        "I don't advise anyone to charge that barricade"
      • move quickly and with impetus:
        "Henry charged up the staircase"
    6. heraldry
      place a heraldic bearing on:
      "a pennant argent, charged with a cross gules"
    noun
    charge (noun) · charges (plural noun)
    1. a price asked for goods or services:
      "an admission charge"
      • a financial liability or commitment:
        "an asset of $550,000 should have been taken as a charge on earnings"
    2. an accusation, typically one formally made against a prisoner brought to trial:
      "he appeared in court on a charge of attempted murder" · "three people were arrested but released without charge"
    3. the responsibility of taking care or control of someone or something:
      "the people in her charge are pupils and not experimental subjects"
      • a person or thing entrusted to the care of someone:
        "the babysitter watched over her charges"
      • dated
        a responsibility or onerous duty assigned to someone:
        "I have therefore laid down the charge which was placed upon me"
      • an official instruction, especially one given by a judge to a jury regarding points of law:
        "the judge gave a painstakingly careful charge to the jury"
    4. the property of matter that is responsible for electrical phenomena, existing in a positive or negative form.
      • the quantity of matter responsible for electrical phenomena carried by a body.
      • energy stored chemically for conversion into electricity.
      • an act or process of storing electrical energy in a battery.
      • informal
        a thrill:
        "I get a real charge out of working hard"
    5. a quantity of explosive to be detonated in order to fire a gun or similar weapon:
      "smaller charges, fired on three minute fuses lit by hand"
    6. a headlong rush forward, typically one made by attacking soldiers in battle:
      "a cavalry charge"
    7. heraldry
      a device or bearing placed on a shield or crest.
    Origin
    Middle English (in the general senses ‘to load’ and ‘a load’), from Old French charger (verb), charge (noun), from late Latin carricare, carcare ‘to load’, from Latin carrus ‘wheeled vehicle’.
    char·gé d'af·faires
    [SHärˌZHā däˈfer]
    noun
    chargé (noun)
    1. a diplomatic official who temporarily takes the place of an ambassador.
      • a state's diplomatic representative in a minor country.
    Origin
    mid 18th century: French, ‘(a person) in charge of affairs’.
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    Similar and Opposite Words
    verb
    1. demand (an amount) as a price from someone for a service rendered or goods supplied:
      • record the cost of something as an amount payable by (someone) or on (an account):
        Opposite:
        credit to
    2. accuse (someone) of something, especially an offense under law:
      accuse of
      indict for
      arraign for
      prosecute for
      try for
      bring to trial for
      put on trial for
      blame for
      hold accountable for
      implicate in
      impeach for
      Opposite:
      • entrust (someone) with a task as a duty or responsibility:
      • rush forward in attack:
        Opposite:
      noun
      1. a price asked for goods or services:
        • an accusation, typically one formally made against a prisoner brought to trial:
        • the responsibility of taking care or control of someone or something:
        • a quantity of explosive to be detonated in order to fire a gun or similar weapon:
        • a headlong rush forward, typically one made by attacking soldiers in battle:
          Opposite:
        • a device or bearing placed on a shield or crest.
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