charge

charge: charge ► VERB 1) demand (an amount) as a price for a service rendered or goods supplied. 2) accuse (someone) of something, especially an offence under law. 3) rush forward in attack. 4) entrust with a task. 5) store electrical energy in (a battery). 6) technical or formal load or fill (a container, gun, etc.) to the full or proper extent. 7) fill with a quality or emotion.

► NOUN 1) a price asked. 2) a formal accusation made against a prisoner brought to trial. 3) a financial liability or commitment. 4) responsibility for care or control. 5) a person or thing entrusted to someone's care. 6) a headlong rush forward, typically in attack. 7) the property of matter that is responsible for electrical phenomena, existing in a positive or negative form. 8) the quantity of this carried by a body. 9) energy stored chemically in a battery for conversion into electricity. 10) a quantity of explosive to be detonated in order to fire a gun or similar weapon.

● press charges — Cf. ↑press charges

DERIVATIVES chargeable adjective charged adjective.

ORIGIN Old French charger, from Latin carricare 'to load' .

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Load, burden, freight, lade, Load, lading, cargo, freight, burden / Onset, onslaught, assault, attack, encounter / Bearing / Intrust, put in care of, Care, custody, ward, management / Ascribe, impute, lay, lay at one's door, lay to one's charge, Commission, duty, office, trust, employment / Accuse, arraign, impeach, inculpate, criminate, indict, tax, call to account, take to task, inform against, Trust, intrusted object, intrusted cause, object of responsibility / Command, order, bid, require, enjoin, Order, injunction, direction, mandate, precept, command / Attack, assault, fall upon, bear down upon, set on, Make an onset, make a charge, Instruction, exhortation / Accusation, crimination / Cost, expense, outlay, expenditure / Price, sum charged

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charge — [ ʃarʒ ] n. f. • XIIe; de charger I ♦ 1 ♦ Ce qui pèse sur; ce que porte ou peut porter une personne, un animal, un véhicule, un bâtiment. ⇒ faix, fardeau, poids. Lourde charge. Ployer sous la charge. « les charges laissées aux femmes par nos… … Encyclopédie Universelle
chargé — charge [ ʃarʒ ] n. f. • XIIe; de charger I ♦ 1 ♦ Ce qui pèse sur; ce que porte ou peut porter une personne, un animal, un véhicule, un bâtiment. ⇒ faix, fardeau, poids. Lourde charge. Ployer sous la charge. « les charges laissées aux femmes par… … Encyclopédie Universelle
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Charge — (ch[aum]rj), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Charged} (ch[aum]rjd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Charging}.] [OF. chargier, F. charger, fr. LL. carricare, fr. L. carrus wagon. Cf. {Cargo}, {Caricature}, {Cark}, and see {Car}.] 1. To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Charge — (von französisch charger ‚beladen‘, ‚beauftragen‘) bezeichnet: allgemein eine Menge oder ein Amt Los (Produktion), in der Produktionstechnik eine Gütermenge mit gleichen Eigenschaften, die in einem zusammenhängenden Produktionsprozess… … Deutsch Wikipedia
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