noun
1. a special assignment that is given to a person or group
e.g. a confidential mission to London
his charge was deliver a message
Synonym: missioncommission
2. attention and management implying responsibility for safety
e.g. he is in the care of a bodyguard
Synonym: caretutelageguardianship
3. an impetuous rush toward someone or something
e.g. the wrestler's charge carried him past his adversary
the battle began with a cavalry charge
4. a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time
e.g. this cartridge has a powder charge of 50 grains
Synonym: bursterbursting chargeexplosive charge
5. heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield
Synonym: bearingheraldic bearingarmorial bearing
6. (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense
e.g. he was arrested on a charge of larceny
Synonym: complaint
7. 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
8. a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something
e.g. the judge's charge to the jury
Synonym: commissiondirection
9. request for payment of a debt
e.g. they submitted their charges at the end of each month
Synonym: billing
10. the swift release of a store of affective force
e.g. they got a great bang out of it
what a boot!
he got a quick rush from injecting heroin
he does it for kicks
Synonym: bangbootrushflushthrillkick
11. (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
12. a person committed to your care
e.g. the teacher led her charges across the street
13. 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
14. the price charged for some article or service
e.g. the admission charge
15. financial liabilities (such as a tax)
e.g. the charges against the estate
verb
1. saturate
e.g. The room was charged with tension and anxiety
2. energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge
e.g. I need to charge my car battery
3. cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on
e.g. charge a conductor
4. set or ask for a certain price
e.g. How much do you charge for lunch?
This fellow charges $100 for a massage
5. attribute responsibility to
e.g. We blamed the accident on her
The tragedy was charged to her inexperience
Synonym: blame
6. instruct or command with authority
e.g. The teacher charged the children to memorize the poem
7. instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence
8. impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to
e.g. He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend
Synonym: saddleburden
9. blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against
e.g. he charged the director with indifference
Synonym: accuse
10. make an accusatory claim
e.g. The defense attorney charged that the jurors were biased
11. file a formal charge against
e.g. The suspect was charged with murdering his wife
Synonym: lodgefile
12. 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
13. direct into a position for use
e.g. point a gun
He charged his weapon at me
Synonym: levelpoint
14. fill or load to capacity
e.g. charge the wagon with hay
15. provide (a device) with something necessary
e.g. He loaded his gun carefully
load the camera
Synonym: load
16. place a heraldic bearing on
e.g. charge all weapons, shields, and banners
17. cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
e.g. The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks
Synonym: agitaterouseturn oncommoveexcitecharge up
18. lie down on command, of hunting dogs
19. move quickly and violently
e.g. The car tore down the street
He came charging into my office
Synonym: tearshootshoot downbuck
20. 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?
21. demand payment
e.g. Will I get charged for this service?
We were billed for 4 nights in the hotel, although we stayed only 3 nights
Synonym: bill
22. enter a certain amount as a charge
e.g. he charged me $15
23. give over to another for care or safekeeping
e.g. consign your baggage
Synonym: consign
24. cause to be admitted
of persons to an institution
e.g. After the second episode, she had to be committed
he was committed to prison
Synonym: commitinstitutionalizeinstitutionalisesend
25. assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to
e.g. He was appointed deputy manager
She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance
Synonym: appoint