Meaning of 'charge'

noun

a special assignment that is given to a person or group

Synonyms: mission

noun

attention and management implying responsibility for safety

Synonyms: care

noun

an impetuous rush toward someone or something

Example: "The bull's charge carried it towards the matador."

noun

a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time

Example: "this cartridge has a powder charge of 50 grains"

Synonyms: burster bursting charge explosive charge

noun

heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield

Synonyms: bearing heraldic bearing armorial bearing

noun

in criminal law, a pleading describing some wrong or offense

Example: "They were arrested on a charge of larceny."

Synonyms: complaint

noun

an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence

Example: "the newspaper published charges that Jones was guilty of drunken driving"

Synonyms: accusation

noun

a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something

Example: "the judge's charge to the jury"

Synonyms: commission direction

noun

request for payment of a debt

Example: "they submitted their charges at the end of each month"

Synonyms: billing

noun

the swift release of a store of affective force

Synonyms: kick

noun

the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object

Example: "Freud thought of cathexis as a psychic analog of an electrical charge."

Synonyms: cathexis

noun

a person committed to your care

Example: "The teacher led their charges across the street."

noun

the quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons

Example: "the battery needed a fresh charge"

Synonyms: electric charge

noun

the price charged for some article or service

Example: "the admission charge"

noun

financial liabilities (such as a tax)

Example: "the charges against the estate"

verb

to saturate

Example: "The room was charged with tension and anxiety."

verb

to energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge

Example: "I need to charge my car battery."

verb

to cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on

Example: "charge a conductor"

verb

to set or ask for a certain price

Example: "How much do you charge for lunch?"

verb

to attribute responsibility to

Synonyms: blame

verb

to instruct or command with authority

Example: "The teacher charged the children to memorize the poem"

verb

to instruct a jury about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence

verb

to impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to

Example: "They charged us with cleaning up all the files over the weekend."

Synonyms: saddle burden

verb

to blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against

Example: "I charged the director with indifference to quality after the second mediocre film in a row."

Synonyms: accuse

verb

to make an accusatory claim

Example: "The defense attorney charged that the jurors were biased."

verb

to file a formal charge against

Example: "The suspect was charged with murdering their spouse."

Synonyms: file lodge

verb

to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle

Example: "We charged them with everything we had."

Synonyms: bear down

verb

to direct into a position for use

Synonyms: level point

verb

to fill or load to capacity

Example: "charge the wagon with hay"

verb

to provide a device with something necessary

Synonyms: load

verb

to place a heraldic bearing on

Example: "charge all weapons, shields, and banners"

verb

to cause to be agitated, excited, or roused

Example: "The speaker charged up the crowd with a series of inflammatory remarks."

Synonyms: rouse excite turn on agitate commove charge up

verb

to lie down on command, of hunting dogs

verb

to move quickly and violently

Synonyms: shoot

verb

to pay with a credit card

verb

to demand payment

Example: "Will I get charged for this service?"

Synonyms: bill

verb

to enter a certain amount as a charge

Example: "They charged me $15."

verb

to give over to another for care or safekeeping

Synonyms: consign

verb

to cause to be admitted

Synonyms: commit send institutionalize institutionalise

verb

to assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to

Synonyms: appoint