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a special assignment that is given to a person or group
e.g. a confidential mission to London
e.g. his charge was deliver a message
Synonym: mission commission
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attention and management implying responsibility for safety
e.g. he is in the care of a bodyguard
Synonym: care tutelage guardianship
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an impetuous rush toward someone or something
e.g. the wrestler's charge carried him past his adversary
e.g. the battle began with a cavalry charge
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a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time
e.g. this cartridge has a powder charge of 50 grains
Synonym: burster bursting charge explosive charge
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heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield
Synonym: bearing heraldic bearing armorial bearing
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(criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense
e.g. he was arrested on a charge of larceny
Synonym: complaint
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an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence
e.g. the newspaper published charges that Jones was guilty of drunken driving
Synonym: accusation
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a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something
e.g. the judge's charge to the jury
Synonym: commission direction
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request for payment of a debt
e.g. they submitted their charges at the end of each month
Synonym: billing
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the swift release of a store of affective force
e.g. they got a great bang out of it
e.g. what a boot!
e.g. he got a quick rush from injecting heroin
e.g. he does it for kicks
Synonym: bang boot rush flush thrill kick
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(psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object
e.g. Freud thought of cathexis as a psychic analog of an electrical charge
Synonym: cathexis
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a person committed to your care
e.g. the teacher led her charges across the street
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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
e.g. the battery needed a fresh charge
Synonym: electric charge
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the price charged for some article or service
e.g. the admission charge
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financial liabilities (such as a tax)
e.g. the charges against the estate
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saturate
e.g. The room was charged with tension and anxiety
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energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge
e.g. I need to charge my car battery
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cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on
e.g. charge a conductor
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set or ask for a certain price
e.g. How much do you charge for lunch?
e.g. This fellow charges $100 for a massage
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attribute responsibility to
e.g. We blamed the accident on her
e.g. The tragedy was charged to her inexperience
Synonym: blame
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instruct or command with authority
e.g. The teacher charged the children to memorize the poem
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instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence
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impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to
e.g. He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend
Synonym: saddle burden
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blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against
e.g. he charged the director with indifference
Synonym: accuse
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make an accusatory claim
e.g. The defense attorney charged that the jurors were biased
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file a formal charge against
e.g. The suspect was charged with murdering his wife
Synonym: lodge file
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to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle
e.g. he saw Jess charging at him with a pitchfork
Synonym: bear down
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direct into a position for use
e.g. point a gun
e.g. He charged his weapon at me
Synonym: level point
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fill or load to capacity
e.g. charge the wagon with hay
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provide (a device) with something necessary
e.g. He loaded his gun carefully
e.g. load the camera
Synonym: load
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place a heraldic bearing on
e.g. charge all weapons, shields, and banners
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cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
e.g. The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks
Synonym: agitate rouse turn on commove excite charge up
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lie down on command, of hunting dogs
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move quickly and violently
e.g. The car tore down the street
e.g. He came charging into my office
Synonym: tear shoot shoot down buck
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pay with a credit card
pay with plastic money
postpone payment by recording a purchase as a debt
e.g. Will you pay cash or charge the purchase?
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demand payment
e.g. Will I get charged for this service?
e.g. We were billed for 4 nights in the hotel, although we stayed only 3 nights
Synonym: bill
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enter a certain amount as a charge
e.g. he charged me $15
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give over to another for care or safekeeping
e.g. consign your baggage
Synonym: consign
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cause to be admitted
of persons to an institution
e.g. After the second episode, she had to be committed
e.g. he was committed to prison
Synonym: commit institutionalize institutionalise send
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assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to
e.g. He was appointed deputy manager
e.g. She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance
Synonym: appoint