CHARGE

/t͡ʃɑːd͡ʒ/ ► audio Scrabble 12 Words With Friends 13

Definition

  1. noun an impetuous rush toward someone or something.
  2. noun (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense. — synonyms: complaint
  3. noun the price charged for some article or service.
  4. noun the quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons. — synonyms: electric_charge
  5. noun attention and management implying responsibility for safety. — synonyms: care, tutelage, guardianship
  6. noun a special assignment that is given to a person or group. — synonyms: mission, commission
  7. noun a person committed to your care.
  8. noun financial liabilities (such as a tax).
  9. noun (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object. — synonyms: cathexis
  10. noun the swift release of a store of affective force. — synonyms: bang, boot, rush, flush, thrill, kick
  11. noun request for payment of a debt. — synonyms: billing
  12. noun a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something. — synonyms: commission, direction
  13. noun an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence. — synonyms: accusation
  14. noun heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield. — synonyms: bearing, heraldic_bearing, armorial_bearing
  15. noun a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time. — synonyms: burster, bursting_charge, explosive_charge
  16. verb to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle. — synonyms: bear_down
  17. verb blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against. — synonyms: accuse
  18. verb demand payment. — synonyms: bill
  19. verb move quickly and violently. — synonyms: tear, shoot, shoot_down, buck
  20. verb assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to. — synonyms: appoint
  21. verb file a formal charge against. — synonyms: lodge, file
  22. verb make an accusatory claim.
  23. verb fill or load to capacity.
  24. verb enter a certain amount as a charge.
  25. verb cause to be admitted. — synonyms: commit, institutionalize, institutionalise, send
  26. verb give over to another for care or safekeeping. — synonyms: consign
  27. verb pay with a credit card.
  28. verb lie down on command, of hunting dogs.
  29. verb cause to be agitated, excited, or roused. — synonyms: agitate, rouse, turn_on, commove, excite, charge_up
  30. verb place a heraldic bearing on.
  31. verb provide (a device) with something necessary. — synonyms: load
  32. verb direct into a position for use. — synonyms: level, point
  33. verb impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to. — synonyms: saddle, burden
  34. verb instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence.
  35. verb instruct or command with authority.
  36. verb attribute responsibility to. — synonyms: blame
  37. verb set or ask for a certain price.
  38. verb cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on.
  39. verb energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge.
  40. verb saturate.

Examples

  • “There will be a charge of five dollars.”
  • “Pickett did not die leading his famous charge.”
  • “That's a slanderous charge of abuse of trust.”

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