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/ˈt͡ʃɑːd͡ʒ/
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- Received-Pronunciation
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[ˈt͡ʃʰɑːd͡ʒ]
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/ˈt͡ʃäːd͡ʒ/
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- Australia
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[ˈt͡ʃʰäːd͡ʒ]
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- Australia
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/ˈt͡ʃɐːd͡ʒ/
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- Australia
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[ˈt͡ʃʰɐ̞ːd͡ʒ]
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- Australia
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/ˈt͡ʃɑɹd͡ʒ/
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- General-American
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[ˈt͡ʃʰɑɹd͡ʒ]
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- General-American
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t͡ʃɑːd͡ʒ
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- GB
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t͡ʃɑɹd͡ʒ
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- US
Noun
The amount of money levied for a service.
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- Uncountable
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There will be a charge of five dollars.
There is a cancellation charge if you withdraw your order.
An attack in which combatants rush towards an enemy in an attempt to engage in close combat.
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Pickett's Charge; the Charge of the Light Brigade
A forceful forward movement.
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Abou Diaby should have added Arsenal's fourth in the 50th minute after he danced round a host of defenders on a charge towards goal
An accusation. An official description (by the police or a court) of a crime that somebody may be guilty of.
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two charges of manslaughter
"Ain't gone be no Rikers Island for you next time," I warned him. "You get tapped on another gun charge and you looking at some upstate time."
An accusation. An accusation by a person or organization.
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That's a slanderous charge of abuse of trust.
we'll nail the sophist to it, if we can get him on that charge;
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A charge often leveled against organic agriculture is that it is more philosophy than science.
An electric charge.
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The scope of someone's responsibility.
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The child was in the nanny's charge.
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He had the key of a closet in which the moneys of this fund were kept, but the outer key of the vault, of which the closet formed part, was in the charge of another person.
Someone or something entrusted to one's care, such as a child to a babysitter or a student to a teacher.
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The child was a charge of the nanny.
A load or burden; cargo.
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The ship had a charge of colonists and their belongings.
An instruction.
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I gave him the charge to get the deal closed by the end of the month.
A mortgage.
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An offensive foul in which the player with the ball moves into a stationary defender.
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A measured amount of powder and/or shot in a cartridge.
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A measured amount of explosive.
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Watt might have broken the door down, with an axe, or a crow, or a small charge of explosive, but this might have aroused Erskine's suspicions, and Watt did not want that.
An image displayed on an escutcheon.
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Near-synonym: emblem
A position (of a weapon) fitted for attack.
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to bring a weapon to the charge
A sort of plaster or ointment.
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Weight; import; value.
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- Obsolete
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many suchlike as's of great charge
A measure of thirty-six pigs of lead, each pig weighing about seventy pounds; a charre.
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- Historical
- Obsolete
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An address given at a church service concluding a visitation.
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- Uncountable
Cannabis.
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At about the same time I went off pills and started smoking charge marijuana, you know.
It had been a false alarm, and £2 worth of charge (marijuana) had gone out of the window.
Verb
To assign a duty or responsibility to; to order.
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Moses […] charged you to love the Lord your God.
Cromwell, I charge thee, fling away ambition.
To assign (a debit) to an account.
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Let's charge this to marketing.
The law firm's billings are up this month: she's charged 1,000 billing hours to that case.
To require payment (of) (a price or fee, for goods, services, etc.).
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to charge high for goods
I won't charge you for the wheat.
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Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16. Charging school fees is illegal, and so is sorting pupils into ability groups by streaming or setting.
To pay on account, as by using a credit card.
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Can I charge my purchase to my credit card?
Can I charge this purchase?
To sell (something) at a given price.
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to charge coal at $5 per unit
To formally accuse (a person) of a crime.
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I'm charging you with assault and battery.
To mortgage (a property).
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To impute or ascribe.
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No more accuse thy pen, but charge the crime / On native sloth, and negligence of time.
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He lacked the art of wounding with the sword, and in any case his critics charged that he shrank from steel; but his invective was worthy of Demosthenes and his words drew blood.
To call to account; to challenge.
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to charge me to an answer
To place a burden, load or responsibility on or in.
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the charging of children's memories[…] with rules
[H]er grandfather […] charged her as she valued her life never to mention that again […]
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[A] huge torrent of boiling black mud, charged with blocks of rock and moving with enormous rapidity, rolled like an avalanche down the gorge.
To place a burden, load or responsibility on or in. To ornament with or cause to bear.
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to charge an architectural member with a moulding
To place a burden, load or responsibility on or in. To assume as a bearing.
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He charges three roses.
To place a burden, load or responsibility on or in. To add to or represent on.
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He charges his shield with three roses or.
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Within a blue garter inscribed "Great Northern Railway Ireland" is a shield, on which are marshalled the arms of the principal towns in the company's area. The shield is divided quarterly with the arms of Dublin in the first quarter, Londonderry in the second quarter, Enniskillen in the third, and Belfast in the fourth; and overall is a gold inescutcheon (a small shield placed in the centre of the large shield) charged with the red left hand of Ulster.
To load equipment with material required for its use, as a firearm with powder, a fire hose with water, a chemical reactor with raw materials.
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Charge your weapons; we're moving up.
their battering cannon charged to the mouths
To load equipment with material required for its use, as a firearm with powder, a fire hose with water, a chemical reactor with raw materials. To cause to take on an electric charge.
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Rubbing amber with wool will charge it quickly.
To load equipment with material required for its use, as a firearm with powder, a fire hose with water, a chemical reactor with raw materials. To replenish energy to (a battery, or a device containing a battery) by use of an electrical device plugged into a power outlet.
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He charged the battery overnight.
Don't forget to charge the drill.
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I charge my phone every night.
To load equipment with material required for its use, as a firearm with powder, a fire hose with water, a chemical reactor with raw materials. To replenish energy.
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- of a battery or a device containing a battery
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The battery is still charging: I can't use it yet.
His cell phone charges very quickly, whereas mine takes forever.
To move forward quickly and forcefully, particularly in combat and/or on horseback.
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Faced with an enemy whose largest gun turrets weigh more than the entire ship, Johnston decides that running is boring, and instead pulls a full 180-degree turn and charges straight back at the attacking forces.
To move forward quickly and forcefully, particularly in combat and/or on horseback. To attack by moving forward quickly in a group.
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The impetuous corps charged the enemy lines.
My Lord, we haue diſcouered the enemie Readie to Charge you with a mightie army.
To move forward quickly and forcefully, particularly in combat and/or on horseback. To commit a charging foul.
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To move forward quickly and forcefully, particularly in combat and/or on horseback. To take a few steps down the pitch towards the bowler as they deliver the ball, either to disrupt the length of the delivery, or to get into a better position to hit the ball.
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- of a batsman
To lie on the belly and be still. (A command given by a hunter to a dog)
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- of a hunting dog
Noun
an impetuous rush toward someone or something
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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
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he was arrested on a charge of larceny
the price charged for some article or service
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the admission charge
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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the battery needed a fresh charge
attention and management implying responsibility for safety
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he is in the care of a bodyguard
a special assignment that is given to a person or group
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a confidential mission to London
his charge was to deliver a message
a person committed to your care
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the teacher led her charges across the street
financial liabilities (such as a tax)
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the charges against the estate
(psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object
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Freud thought of cathexis as a psychic analog of an electrical charge
the swift release of a store of affective force
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they got a great bang out of it
what a boot!
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he got a quick rush from injecting heroin
he does it for kicks
request for payment of a debt
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they submitted their charges at the end of each month
a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something
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the judge's charge to the jury
an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence
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the newspaper published charges that Jones was guilty of drunken driving
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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this cartridge has a powder charge of 50 grains
Verb
to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle
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he saw Jess charging at him with a pitchfork
blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against
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he charged the director with indifference
demand payment
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Will I get charged for this service?
We were billed for 4 nights in the hotel, although we stayed only 3 nights
move quickly and violently
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The car tore down the street
He came charging into my office
assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to
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He was appointed deputy manager
She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance
file a formal charge against
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The suspect was charged with murdering his wife
make an accusatory claim
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The defense attorney charged that the jurors were biased
fill or load to capacity
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charge the wagon with hay
enter a certain amount as a charge
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he charged me $15
cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution
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After the second episode, she had to be committed
he was committed to prison
give over to another for care or safekeeping
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consign your baggage
pay with a credit card; pay with plastic money; postpone payment by recording a purchase as a debt
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Will you pay cash or charge the purchase?
lie down on command, of hunting dogs
cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
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The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks
place a heraldic bearing on
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charge all weapons, shields, and banners
provide (a device) with something necessary
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He loaded his gun carefully
load the camera
direct into a position for use
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point a gun
He charged his weapon at me
impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to
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He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend
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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The teacher charged the children to memorize the poem
attribute responsibility to
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We blamed the accident on her
The tragedy was charged to her inexperience
set or ask for a certain price
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How much do you charge for lunch?
This fellow charges $100 for a massage
cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on
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charge a conductor
energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge
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I need to charge my car battery
saturate
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The room was charged with tension and anxiety