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1. | [ verb ] to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle: | |
Synonyms: | bear_down | |
Examples: | "he saw Jess charging at him with a pitchfork." |
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Related terms: | rush charger | |
2. | [ noun ] (military) an impetuous rush toward someone or something | |
Examples: | "the wrestler's charge carried him past his adversary" "the battle began with a cavalry charge" |
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Related terms: | attack countercharge | |
3. | [ noun ] (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense | |
Synonyms: | complaint | |
Examples: | "he was arrested on a charge of larceny" |
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Related terms: | pleading accusation indictment criminal_law | |
4. | [ verb ] blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against | |
Synonyms: | accuse | |
Examples: | : "he charged me director with indifference" |
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Related terms: | accuse blame defame indict accuser accusation | |
5. | [ verb ] demand payment | |
Synonyms: | bill | |
Examples: | "Will I get charged for this service?" "We were billed for 4 nights in the hotel, although e stayed only 3 nights" |
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Related terms: | account levy surcharge invoice undercharge assess tithe bill | |
6. | [ verb ] move quickly and violently | |
Synonyms: | tear shoot shoot_down buck | |
Examples: | "The car tore down the street" "He came charging into my office" |
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Related terms: | rush rip shoot_up dart | |
7. | [ noun ] (business) the price charged for some article or service | |
Examples: | "the admission charge" |
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Related terms: | cost rate agio overcharge undercharge fare stowage demurrage installation_charge porterage surcharge water-rate service_charge fixed_charge depreciation_charge tankage poundage postage carrying_charge | |
8. | [ verb ] assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to | |
Synonyms: | appoint | |
Examples: | "He was appointed deputy manager" "She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance" |
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Related terms: | delegate name empower dub accredit create depute appointee appointee commission | |
9. | [ verb ] (law) file a formal charge against | |
Synonyms: | file lodge | |
Examples: | "The suspect was charged with murdering his wife" |
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Related terms: | accuse impeach file lodgment | |
10. | [ verb ] (law) make an accusatory claim | |
Examples: | "The defense attorney charged that the jurors were biased" |
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Related terms: | claim complain tax accusation | |
11. | [ noun ] (physics,electricity) the quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons | |
Synonyms: | electric_charge | |
Examples: | "the battery needed a fresh charge" |
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Related terms: | electrical_phenomenon negative_charge electrostatic_charge positive_charge | |
12. | [ noun ] a task that has been assigned to a person or group | |
Synonyms: | mission commission | |
Examples: | "a confidential mission to London" "his charge was deliver a message" |
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Related terms: | assignment mission_impossible fool's_errand martyr_operation commission | |
13. | [ verb ] fill or load to capacity | |
Examples: | "charge the wagon with hay" |
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Related terms: | discharge change burden load freight | |
14. | [ noun ] attention and management implying responsibility for safety | |
Synonyms: | care guardianship tutelage | |
Examples: | "he is under the care of a physician" |
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Related terms: | protection providence great_care slight_care due_care foster_care tutor | |
15. | [ noun ] a person committed to your care | |
Examples: | "the teacher led her charges across the street" |
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Related terms: | dependant appoint | |
16. | [ verb ] (accounting) enter a certain amount as a charge | |
Examples: | "he charged me $15" |
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Related terms: | debit | |
17. | [ verb ] cause to be agitated, excited, or roused | |
Synonyms: | agitate excite commove charge_up turn_on rouse | |
Examples: | "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks" |
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Related terms: | calm disturb pother electrify hype_up bother excitation arousal | |
18. | [ verb ] energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge | |
Examples: | "I need to charge my car battery" |
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Related terms: | supply boost recharge battery_charger | |
19. | [ verb ] saturate | |
Examples: | "The room was charged with tension and anxiety" |
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Related terms: | impregnate | |
20. | [ verb ] (physics) cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on (a conductor, for example) | |
Related terms: | change | |
21. | [ verb ] set or ask for a certain price | |
Examples: | "How much do you charge for lunch?" "This fellow charges $100 for a massage" |
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Related terms: | determine | |
22. | [ noun ] request for payment of a debt | |
Synonyms: | billing | |
Examples: | "they submitted their charges at the end of each month" |
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Related terms: | request presentment | |
23. | [ noun ] (law) a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something | |
Synonyms: | direction commission | |
Examples: | "the judge's charge to the jury" |
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Related terms: | command misdirection appoint | |
24. | [ verb ] instruct or command with authority | |
Examples: | "The teacher charged the children to memorize the poem" |
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Related terms: | instruct mission | |
25. | [ verb ] attribute responsibility to | |
Synonyms: | blame | |
Examples: | "We blamed the accident on her" "The tragedy was charged to her inexperience" |
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Related terms: | impute ascribe incrimination | |
26. | [ verb ] (law) instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence | |
Related terms: | instruct law | |
27. | [ verb ] impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to | |
Synonyms: | saddle burden | |
Examples: | "He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend" |
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Related terms: | command overburden overwhelm adjure bear_down burden | |
28. | [ noun ] (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object | |
Synonyms: | cathexis | |
Examples: | "Freud thought of cathexis as a psychic analog of an electrical charge" |
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Related terms: | libidinal_energy psychoanalysis | |
29. | [ noun ] the swift release of a store of affective force | |
Synonyms: | thrill kick rush flush boot bang | |
Examples: | "they got a great bang out of it" "what a boot!" "he got a quick rush from injecting heroin" "he does it for kicks" |
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Related terms: | exhilaration exhilarate agitate | |
30. | [ noun ] (heraldry) heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield | |
Synonyms: | heraldic_bearing armorial_bearing bearing | |
Related terms: | heraldry chevron fleur-de-lis ordinary annulet | |
31. | [ verb ] (arms) direct into a position for use | |
Synonyms: | point level | |
Examples: | "point a gun" "He charged his weapon at me" |
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Related terms: | aim point | |
32. | [ verb ] lie down on command, of hunting dogs | |
Related terms: | lie_down | |
33. | [ verb ] (heraldry,fine art) place a heraldic bearing on; of weapons, shields, and banners | |
Related terms: | paint art | |
34. | [ verb ] (business) pay with a credit card; pay with plastic money; postpone payment by recording a purchase as a debt | |
Examples: | "Will you pay cash or charge the purchase?" |
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Related terms: | pay_cash pay | |
35. | [ verb ] provide with munition "He loaded his gun carefully" | |
Synonyms: | load | |
Related terms: | fill recharge | |
36. | [ noun ] financial liabilities (such as a tax) | |
Examples: | "the charges against the estate" |
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Related terms: | liability liabilities encumbrance assessment levy tax | |
37. | [ verb ] give over to another for care or safekeeping | |
Synonyms: | consign | |
Examples: | "consign your baggage" |
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Related terms: | entrust pawn check check pledge | |
38. | [ verb ] cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution | |
Synonyms: | commit send institutionalize institutionalise | |
Examples: | "After the second episode, she had to be committed" "he was committed to prison" |
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Related terms: | transfer transfer hospitalize mental_hospital commitment | |
39. | [ noun ] (law) an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence | |
Synonyms: | accusation | |
Examples: | "the newspaper published charges that Jones was guilty of drunken driving" |
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Related terms: | assertion countercharge | |
40. | [ noun ] a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time | |
Synonyms: | bursting_charge explosive_charge burster | |
Examples: | "this cartridge has a powder charge of 50 grains" |
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Related terms: | explosive shot undercharge propellant explode | |
Similar spelling: |
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