charge.
The amount of money levied for a service.
Meaning & usage
The amount of money levied for a service.
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.
Pickett's Charge; the Charge of the Light Brigade
A forceful forward movement.
An accusation. An official description (by the police or a court) of a crime that somebody may be guilty of.
two charges of manslaughter
An accusation. An accusation by a person or organization.
That's a slanderous charge of abuse of trust.
An electric charge.
The scope of someone's responsibility.
The child was in the nanny's charge.
Someone or something entrusted to one's care, such as a child to a babysitter or a student to a teacher.
The child was a charge of the nanny.
A load or burden; cargo.
The ship had a charge of colonists and their belongings.
An instruction.
I gave him the charge to get the deal closed by the end of the month.
A mortgage.
An offensive foul in which the player with the ball moves into a stationary defender.
A measured amount of powder and/or shot in a cartridge.
A measured amount of explosive.
An image displayed on an escutcheon.
A position (of a weapon) fitted for attack.
to bring a weapon to the charge
A sort of plaster or ointment.
Weight; import; value.
A measure of thirty-six pigs of lead, each pig weighing about seventy pounds; a charre.
An address given at a church service concluding a visitation.
Cannabis.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós Proto-Celtic *karros Gaulish *karrosbor. Latin carrus Latin -ic- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -ico Latin carricō Late Latin carricāre Old French chargierder. Middle English chargen English charge From Middle English chargen, from Old French chargier, from Late Latin carricō (“to load”), from Latin carrus (“a car, wagon”); see car. Doublet of cargo.
To assign a duty or responsibility to; to order.
To assign (a debit) to an account.
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.).
to charge high for goods
I won't charge you for the wheat.
To pay on account, as by using a credit card.
Can I charge my purchase to my credit card?
Can I charge this purchase?
To sell (something) at a given price.
to charge coal at $5 per unit
To formally accuse (a person) of a crime.
I'm charging you with assault and battery.
To mortgage (a property).
To impute or ascribe.
To call to account; to challenge.
To place a burden, load or responsibility on or in.
To place a burden, load or responsibility on or in. To ornament with or cause to bear.
to charge an architectural member with a moulding
To place a burden, load or responsibility on or in. To assume as a bearing.
He charges three roses.
To place a burden, load or responsibility on or in. To add to or represent on.
He charges his shield with three roses or.
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.
Charge your weapons; we're moving up.
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.
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.
He charged the battery overnight.
Don't forget to charge the drill.
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.
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.
To move forward quickly and forcefully, particularly in combat and/or on horseback. To attack by moving forward quickly in a group.
The impetuous corps charged the enemy lines.
To move forward quickly and forcefully, particularly in combat and/or on horseback. To commit a charging foul.
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.
To lie on the belly and be still. (A command given by a hunter to a dog)
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós Proto-Celtic *karros Gaulish *karrosbor. Latin carrus Latin -ic- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -ico Latin carricō Late Latin carricāre Old French chargierder. Middle English chargen English charge From Middle English chargen, from Old French chargier, from Late Latin carricō (“to load”), from Latin carrus (“a car, wagon”); see car. Doublet of cargo.
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