Pronunciation: chärj
v. t.1.To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.
[imp. & p. p. Charged (chärjd); p. pr. & vb. n. Charging.]
A carte that charged was with hay.
- Chaucer.
2.To lay on or impose, as a task, duty, or trust; to command, instruct, or exhort with authority; to enjoin; to urge earnestly; as, to charge a jury; to charge the clergy of a diocese; to charge an agent.
Moses . . . charged you to love the Lord your God.
- Josh. xxii. 5.
Cromwell, I charge thee, fling away ambition.
- Shak.
3.To lay on, impose, or make subject to or liable for.
4.To fix or demand as a price; as, he charges two dollars a barrel for apples.
5.To place something to the account of as a debt; to debit, as, to charge one with goods. Also, to enter upon the debit side of an account; as, to charge a sum to one.
6.To impute or ascribe; to lay to one's charge.
7.To accuse; to make a charge or assertion against (a person or thing); to lay the responsibility (for something said or done) at the door of.
If he did that wrong you charge him with.
- Tennyson.
8.To place within or upon any firearm, piece of apparatus or machinery, the quantity it is intended and fitted to hold or bear; to load; to fill; as, to charge a gun; to charge an electrical machine, etc.
9.To ornament with or cause to bear; as, to charge an architectural member with a molding.
10.(Her.) To assume as a bearing; as, he charges three roses or; to add to or represent on; as, he charges his shield with three roses or.
11.To call to account; to challenge.
To charge me to an answer.
- Shak.
12.To bear down upon; to rush upon; to attack.
v. i.1.To make an onset or rush; as, to charge with fixed bayonets.
"Charge for the guns!" he said.
- Tennyson.
2.To demand a price; as, to charge high for goods.
3.To debit on an account; as, to charge for purchases.
4.To squat on its belly and be still; - a command given by a sportsman to a dog.
n.1.A load or burder laid upon a person or thing.
2.A person or thing commited or intrusted to the care, custody, or management of another; a trust.
3.Custody or care of any person, thing, or place; office; responsibility; oversight; obigation; duty.
'Tis a great charge to come under one body's hand.
- Shak.
4.Heed; care; anxiety; trouble.
6.An order; a mandate or command; an injunction.
The king gave cherge concerning Absalom.
- 2. Sam. xviii. 5.
7.An address (esp. an earnest or impressive address) containing instruction or exhortation; as, the charge of a judge to a jury; the charge of a bishop to his clergy.
8.An accusation of a wrong of offense; allegation; indictment; specification of something alleged.
9.Whatever constitutes a burden on property, as rents, taxes, lines, etc.; costs; expense incurred; - usually in the plural.
10.The price demanded for a thing or service.
11.An entry or a account of that which is due from one party to another; that which is debited in a business transaction; as, a charge in an account book.
12.That quantity, as of ammunition, electricity, ore, fuel, etc., which any apparatus, as a gun, battery, furnace, machine, etc., is intended to receive and fitted to hold, or which is actually in it at one time
13.The act of rushing upon, or towards, an enemy; a sudden onset or attack, as of troops, esp. cavalry; hence, the signal for attack; as, to sound the charge.
The charge of the light brigade.
- Tennyson.
14.A position (of a weapon) fitted for attack; as, to bring a weapon to the charge.
15.(Far.) A sort of plaster or ointment.
16.(Her.) A bearing. See Bearing, n., 8.
17.Thirty-six pigs of lead, each pig weighing about seventy pounds; - called also charre.
18.Weight; import; value.
Many suchlike "as's" of great charge.
- Shak.
Back charge
See under Back, a.
Bursting charge
a - (Mil.) The charge which bursts a shell, etc.
b - (Mining) A small quantity of fine powder to secure the ignition of a charge of coarse powder in blasting.
Charge and discharge
(Equity Practice) the old mode or form of taking an account before a master in chancery.
Charge sheet
the paper on which are entered at a police station all arrests and accusations.
To sound the charge
to give the signal for an attack.
Noun1.charge - (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense; "he was arrested on a charge of larceny"
Synonyms: complaint
2.charge - the price charged for some article or service; "the admission charge"
3.charge - an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence; "the newspaper published charges that Jones was guilty of drunken driving"
Synonyms: accusation
4.Chargecharge - request for payment of a debt; "they submitted their charges at the end of each month"
Synonyms: billing
5.charge - a impetuous rush toward someone or something; "the wrestler's charge carried him past his adversary"; "the battle began with a cavalry charge"
6.charge - the quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons; "the battery needed a fresh charge"
Synonyms: electric charge
7.charge - financial liabilities (such as a tax); "the charges against the estate"
8.charge - a person committed to your care; "the teacher led her charges across the street"
9.charge - attention and management implying responsibility for safety; "he is in the care of a bodyguard"
10.charge - a special assignment that is given to a person or group; "a confidential mission to London"; "his charge was deliver a message"
Synonyms: mission, commission
11.charge - a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something; "the judge's charge to the jury"
12.charge - a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time; "this cartridge has a powder charge of 50 grains"
13.charge - the swift release of a store of affective force; "they got a great bang out of it"; "what a boot!"; "he got a quick rush from injecting heroin"; "he does it for kicks"
Synonyms: thrill, kick, boot, bang, flush, rush
14.charge - (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object; "Freud thought of cathexis as a psychic analog of an electrical charge"
Synonyms: cathexis
15.Chargecharge - heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield
Verb1.charge - to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle; "he saw Jess charging at him with a pitchfork"
Synonyms: bear down
2.charge - blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against; "he charged me director with indifference"
Synonyms: accuse
3.charge - demand payment; "Will I get charged for this service?"; "We were billed for 4 nights in the hotel, although we stayed only 3 nights"
Synonyms: bill
4.charge - move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office"
Synonyms: shoot down, tear, buck, shoot
Synonyms: appoint
6.charge - file a formal charge against; "The suspect was charged with murdering his wife"
Synonyms: lodge, file
7.charge - make an accusatory claim; "The defense attorney charged that the jurors were biased"
8.charge - fill or load to capacity; "charge the wagon with hay"
discharge - remove the charge from
9.charge - enter a certain amount as a charge; "he charged me $15"
10.charge - cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution; "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison"
11.charge - give over to another for care or safekeeping; "consign your baggage"
Synonyms: consign
12.charge - pay with a credit card; pay with plastic money; postpone payment by recording a purchase as a debt; "Will you pay cash or charge the purchase?"
pay cash - pay (for something) with cash
13.charge - lie down on command, of hunting dogs
14.charge - cause to be agitated, excited, or roused; "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks"
15.charge - place a heraldic bearing on; "charge all weapons, shields, and banners"
16.charge - provide with munition; "He loaded his gun carefully"
Synonyms: load
17.charge - direct into a position for use; "point a gun"; "He charged his weapon at me"
Synonyms: point, level
18.charge - impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to; "He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend"
Synonyms: burden, saddle
19.charge - instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence
20.charge - instruct or command with authority; "The teacher charged the children to memorize the poem"
21.charge - attribute responsibility to; "We blamed the accident on her"; "The tragedy was charged to her inexperience"
Synonyms: blame
22.charge - set or ask for a certain price; "How much do you charge for lunch?"; "This fellow charges $100 for a massage"
23.charge - cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on; "charge a conductor"
24.charge - energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge; "I need to charge my car battery"
25.charge - saturate; "The room was charged with tension and anxiety"

CHARGE, practice. The opinion expressed by the court to the jury, on the law arising out of a case before them.
     2. It should contain a clear and explicit exposition of the law, when the points of the law in dispute arise out of the facts proved on the trial of the cause; 10 Pet. 657; but the court ought at no time to undertake to decide the facts, for these are to be decided by the jury. 4 Rawle's R. 195; 2 Penna. R. 27; 4 Rawle's R. 356 Id. 100; 2 Serg. & Rawle, 464; 1 Serg. & Rawle, 515; 8 Serg. & Rawle, 150. See 3 Cranch, 298; 6 Pet. 622 1 Gall. R. 53; 5 Cranch, 187; 2 Pet. 625; 9 Pet. 541.

CHARGE, contracts. An obligation entered into by the owner of an estate which makes the estate responsible for its performance. Vide 2 Ball & Beatty, 223; 8 Com. Dig. 306, Appendix, h.t. Any obligation binding upon him who enters into it, which may be removed or taken away by a discharge. T. de la Ley, h.t.
     2. That particular kind of commission which one undertakes to perform for another, in keeping the custody of his goods, is called a charge.

CHARGE. wills, devises. An obligation which a testator imposes on his devisee; as, if the testator give Peter, Blackacre, and direct that he shall pay to John during his life an annuity of one hundred dollars, which shall be a charge" on said land; or if a legacy be and directed to be paid out of the real property. 1 Rop. Leg. 446. Vide 4 Vin. Ab. 449; 1 Supp. to Ves. jr. 309; 2 Id. 31; 1 Vern. 45, 411; 1 Swanst. 28; 4 East, R. 501; 4 Ves. jr. 815; Domat, Loix Civ. liv. 3, t. 1, s. 8, n.

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Translate Charge to Spanish, Translate Charge to German, Translate Charge to French
charcoal burner
Charcoal drawing
charcoal gray
charcoal grey
Charcoal point
Charcot's foot
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
chard plant
chardonnay grape
-- Charge --
charge account
charge account credit
Charge and discharge
charge card
Charge d'affaires
charge of quarters
charge per unit
charge plate
charge sheet
charge unit
charge up
Charge' des affaires or charge' d'affaires
Charge-Coupled Device
charge-exchange accelerator

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