Lexic.us

Definition of Charge

1. Noun. An impetuous rush toward someone or something. "The battle began with a cavalry charge"

2. Verb. To make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle. "He saw Jess charging at him with a pitchfork"

3. Noun. (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense. "He was arrested on a charge of larceny"

4. Verb. Blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against. "They want to charge the prisoners "; "He charged the director with indifference"

5. Noun. The price charged for some article or service. "The admission charge"

6. Verb. Demand payment. "We were billed for 4 nights in the hotel, although we stayed only 3 nights"

7. Noun. 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"

8. Verb. Move quickly and violently. "He came charging into my office"

9. Verb. Assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to. "They charge him to write the letter"; "She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance"

10. Noun. Attention and management implying responsibility for safety. "He is in the care of a bodyguard"

11. Verb. File a formal charge against. "The suspect was charged with murdering his wife"

12. Noun. A special assignment that is given to a person or group. "His charge was deliver a message"

13. Verb. Make an accusatory claim. "The defense attorney charged that the jurors were biased"

14. Noun. A person committed to your care. "The teacher led her charges across the street"

15. Verb. Fill or load to capacity. "Charge the wagon with hay"

16. Noun. Financial liabilities (such as a tax). "The charges against the estate"

17. Noun. (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object. "Freud thought of cathexis as a psychic analog of an electrical charge"

18. Verb. Enter a certain amount as a charge. "He charged me $15"

19. Noun. The swift release of a store of affective force. "He does it for kicks"

20. Verb. Cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution. "He was committed to prison"

21. Noun. Request for payment of a debt. "They submitted their charges at the end of each month"

22. Verb. Give over to another for care or safekeeping. "Consign your baggage"

23. Noun. A formal statement of a command or injunction to do something. "The judge's charge to the jury"

24. Verb. 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?"

25. Verb. Lie down on command, of hunting dogs.

26. Noun. An assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence. "The newspaper published charges that Jones was guilty of drunken driving"

27. Verb. Cause to be agitated, excited, or roused. "The good news will charge her"; "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks"

28. Noun. Heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield.

29. Noun. A quantity of explosive to be set off at one time. "This cartridge has a powder charge of 50 grains"

30. Verb. Place a heraldic bearing on. "Charge all weapons, shields, and banners"

31. Verb. Provide (a device) with something necessary. "Load the camera"

32. Verb. Direct into a position for use. "He charged his weapon at me"

33. Verb. Impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to. "He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend"

34. Verb. Instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence.

35. Verb. Instruct or command with authority. "The teacher charged the children to memorize the poem"

36. Verb. Attribute responsibility to. "The tragedy was charged to her inexperience"

37. Verb. Set or ask for a certain price. "This fellow charges $100 for a massage"

38. Verb. Cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on. "Charge a conductor"

39. Verb. Energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge. "I need to charge my car battery"

40. Verb. Saturate. "The room was charged with tension and anxiety"

Definition of Charge

1. v. t. To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.

2. v. i. To make an onset or rush; as, to charge with fixed bayonets.

3. n. A load or burder laid upon a person or thing.

Definition of Charge

1. Noun. The scope of someone's responsibility. ¹

2. Noun. Someone or something entrusted to one's care, such as a child to a babysitter or a student to a teacher. ¹

3. Noun. A load or burden; cargo. ¹

4. Noun. The amount of money levied for a service. ¹

5. Noun. An instruction. ¹

6. Noun. (military) A ground attack against a prepared enemy. ¹

7. Noun. An accusation. ¹

8. Noun. An electric charge. ¹

9. Noun. (basketball) An offensive foul in which the player with the ball moves into a stationary defender. ¹

10. Noun. A measured amount of powder and/or shot in a firearm cartridge. ¹

11. Noun. (heraldry) An image displayed on an escutcheon. ¹

12. Noun. A forceful forward movement. ¹

13. Verb. (transitive) To place a burden upon; to assign a duty or responsibility to. ¹

14. Verb. (transitive) 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. ¹

15. Verb. (intransitive) To move forward quickly and forcefully, particularly in combat and/or on horseback. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Charge

1. to accuse formally [v CHARGED, CHARGING, CHARGES]

Medical Definition of Charge

1. 1. A fundamental physical attribute of a particle, which characterises the particle's electromagnetic interaction with other particles and with electric and magnetic fields. 2. Storing energy in a battery or electric capacitor by running a current through it, opposite of discharge. (It is possible to charge most capacitors in either direction, but batteries charge one way, and discharge in the other.) (13 Nov 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Charge

charcot-marie disease charcuterie charcuteries chard chard plant chardonnay grape chardonnays chards chare chared

chares charet charets charette charettes charge (current term) charge-exchange accelerator charge-hand charge-hands charge-off

charge-offs charge account charge account credit charge card charge d'affaires charge densities charge density charge down charge exchange charge hand

Literary usage of Charge

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1922)
"Since the neon atom has no sheath the whole atom constitutes a kernel with zero charge. The kernel of the sodium atom is the sodium ion with single positive ..."

2. A Digest of the Laws of England Respecting Real Property by William Cruise (1818)
"It has been stated, that a fine may be levied charge is" °^ a rent-charge; consequently, an estate tail in ban-able- a rent-charge may be barred by a fine ..."

3. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"... and told how Zeus himself, Lord of wise counsel, leans him to our side. charge, therefore, charge on still, nor let them draw Patroclus to their galleys ..."

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